SPACE LAUNCH REPORT
           ZQ-3  Launch Vehicle Flight History 
                 by Variant/Year (2025- )
         by Ed Kyle, Last Update August 28, 2026
  
        L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures)  

         ZQ-3                                       Grand
                                                    Total
Year     L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)      L(F) 
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2025     1(0)        -          -          -         1(0)
2026     1(0)        -          -          -         1(0)
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         ZQ-3                                        Grand
                                                     Total
         L(F)       L(F)       L(F)        L(F)      L(F)    
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Suborb    -          -          -          -          -    
Orbit    2(0)        -          -          -         2(0) 
Total    2(0)        -          -          -         2(0) 
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                    ZQ-3 Vehicle Configurations

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              Payload        Config.            Height     Mass  
              (tonnes)                         (meters)  (tonnes)   
            450 km LEO                     
          [1] Expended
          [2] DRL
          [3] RTLS     
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ZQ-3 Demo    8 t [2]      2-stg LOX/LCH4        66.1 m    550 t

ZQ-3      21.3 t [1]      2-stg LOX/LCH4        76.6 m    660 t   
          16.5 t [2]
          11 5   [3]         
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"ZQ-3" = Zhuque 3  Two-stage Methane/LOX liquid.  Reusable first 
stage.  


                      ZQ-3  Vehicle Components

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                  Stg 1       Stg 2       PLF   
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Diameter (m)      4.5 m       4.5 m       5.2 m       
Length (m)       
Mp (tonnes) 	     	  	 
GLOW (tonnes) 	  	  	 
Propellant 	  LOX/LCH4    LOX/LCH4 
                                               
T (SL tonnes) 	  917.745 t
  Demo Version    769.07 t   	  	      
T (VAC tonnes) 	              120.6 t       
ISP (SL/Vac sec)  283/334s    356.9 s
                              
Burn Time (sec)            	  	 
Engines/Motors    9           1
                                               
Engine 	          9xTQ-12B    1xTQ-15B	  	 
Mfgr                          
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ZQ-3 Y1 Orbital Mission Flight Profile

T-0s, Lift-off
T+129s, S1 Main Engine Cutoff (MECO)
T+134s, S1/S2 Stage Separation
T+138s, S2 First Engine Start  (SES-1)
T+324s, Fairing Jettison
T+499s, S2 First Engine Cutoff (SECO-1), Orbit Insertion
T+1899s S2 Second Engine Start (SES-2)
T+1916s, S2 Second Engine Engine Cutoff (SECO-2)
T+1980s, Terminal Velocity Correction End
T+2010s, Passivation Start
T+3025s, Passivation End

For ZQ-3 Y1 First Stage Recovery System Verification Test

T+134s, S1/S2 Stage Separation
T+371s, Re-entry Burn Start
T+417s, Re-entry Burn CutOff
T+480s, Landing Burn Start
T+491s, Landing Burn End, Outer Landing Engines Cutoff
T+510s, Tounchdown, Center Landing Engine Cutoff
 	 

                     ZQ-3 LAUNCH HISTORY

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DATE    VEHICLE ID  PAYLOAD               MASS(t)  SITE*    ORBIT*
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12/03/25 ZQ-3   Y1  Demo                           JQ 96B    LEO
08/18/26 ZQ-3   Y2  Honghu 03                      JQ 96B    LEO 
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      NOTES by Vehicle ID

[Y1] 12/03/25 0402, Inaugural, Demo launch.  No payload.  Stg 2 
     two planned burns.  To 142 x 1402 km x 57 deg.  First stage 
     performed entry burn, but exploded at landing burn ignition.
     Crashed near landing pad at 38.445N 103.481E.
     Stage 2 performed passivation in orbit. 

[Y2] 08/18/26 2335, Payload reached LEO.  Booster recovery test 
     ended with successful downrange landing, but booster toppled 
     after one landing leg was damaged by a post-landing fire at 
     the base of the stage.
  


                 SPACE LAUNCH REPORT
               Landspace Zhuque 3 (ZQ-3) 
      Planned Reusable LOX/Methane Launch Vehicle
                    by:  Ed Kyle             

LandSpace is developing ZQ-3 with plans for launch beginning in 
2025.  The two-stage LOX/Methane rocket will use stainless steel 
construction and feature a reusable first stage.  

A precursor hopper vehicle was first flown by the company during 
January 2024, completing a 50 meter altitude flight.  


                         
*ABBREVIATIONS

SITE

JQ:  Jiquin Satellite Launch Center 

ORBIT

LEO:  LOW EARTH ORBIT
LEO/S:  SUN SYNCHRONOUS LOW EARTH ORBIT
SUB:  SUB-ORBITAL MISSION
[FTO]:  FAILED TO ORBIT
[LEO]:  UNPLANNED LEO


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