LandSpaceZhuque-3Launch Area 96B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Demo Flight

Name: Demo Flight launch
Start: 2025-12-03T04:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-12-03T04:49:00.000Z
Location: Launch Area 96B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Launched

December 3, 2025 · 04:00 UTC

Launch Successful

Image: LandSpace

Summary

Demo Flight launched on a LandSpace Zhuque-3 from Launch Area 96B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on December 3, 2025 at 04:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:52 to 04:49 UTC. It was LandSpace's 8th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 7,138th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Zhuque-3 flight. Booster ZQ-3 F1 flew for the 1st time and its landing at Zhuque-3 Landing Site failed. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 150 × 1,410 km orbit inclined 57.0°. One object from this launch is catalogued.

Watch: No webcast on record.
Vehicle: Zhuque-3 · LandSpace
Booster: ZQ-3 F1 · flight 1 · Vertical Landing at Zhuque-3 Landing Site · landing failed0/1 landed here · 390 km downrange
Mission: Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Milestone: 1st Zhuque-3 flightLandSpace's 8th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 7,138th orbital launch attempt289th orbital launch attempt this year

Flight preview

Orbit: as tracked

57.0°Inclination

150 × 1410 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements

100.3 minPeriodfrom mean elements

92.7°Ascending node

317 d agoElement epoch2025-12-03 10:08 UTC · stale

Zhuque-3 Payload · NORAD 66877 · 2025-282 · Space-Track

Show the numbers

Object: TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
Object ID: 2025-282A
Epoch: 2025-12-03 10:08:28 UTC
Mean motion: 14.35678887 rev/day
Eccentricity: 0.0880662
Inclination: 56.9572°
Ascending node: 92.721°
Arg. of perigee: 204.1471°
Mean anomaly: 151.5776°
Element set: 999
Rev at epoch: 4
B*: 0.0001476

Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.

Catalogued objects

1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit

Zhuque-3 Payload · NORAD 66877 · re-entered January 30, 2026

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

First test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket, with a dummy payload. The rocket’s 1st stage attempted to land on a landing pad about 300 km downrange of the launch site.

Pad

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

1st launch from Launch Area 96B, 1st this year · 267th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 3, 12:00 PM GMT+8, in daylight

2 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

under an hour after the previous launch from this pad

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Updates

Launch success, first stage failed to land.

Cosmic_Penguin · Dec 3, 2025 · source

Show 2 earlier updates

NET December 3 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/2/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2025 · source

Questions

When did Demo Flight launch?

Demo Flight launched on December 3, 2025 at 04:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:52 to 04:49 UTC.

Where can I watch Demo Flight?

No webcast is on record for this launch.

What rocket launched Demo Flight?

Zhuque-3, flown by LandSpace. Zhuque-3 spec sheet

Where did Demo Flight launch from?

Launch Area 96B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Dec 3, 12:00 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.

Did the booster land?

Booster ZQ-3 F1 flew for the 1st time and its landing at Zhuque-3 Landing Site failed.

What orbit did Demo Flight reach?

It reached a 150 × 1,410 km orbit inclined 57.0°.

How many satellites did Demo Flight launch?

1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).