4 x SatNet test satellites

Third flight of LandSpace's methane-fueled Zhuque-2E failed after liftoff from Jiuquan: an electrical arc in the second stage's main power cable knocked out control units about four minutes into flight, triggering flight termination and loss of the payloads.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

3rd

of 3 Zhuque-2E flights

Date and time

15 August 2025, 01:17 UTC

Rocket

Zhuque-2E

Builder

LandSpace

Launch site

Launch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Communications

Launches in 2025

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