3 December 2025, 04:00 UTC
Demo Flight
Maiden flight of LandSpace's reusable stainless-steel methalox rocket, which reached orbit on its debut from Jiuquan. The first stage was lost to abnormal engine combustion during its landing attempt, China's first orbital-class booster recovery try.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 500 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 2 Zhuque-3 flights
- Date and time
- 3 December 2025, 04:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Zhuque-3
- Builder
- LandSpace
- Launch site
- Launch Area 96B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 2025-282
- Launches in 2025
- 294th of 329
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