Zhuque-2E (E stands for “enhanced”) is a medium-sized rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane capable of lifting 6,000 kg of payload into a 200 km low Earth orbit, or 4,000 kg of payload into a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit. It differs from the baseline Zhuque-2 in using enhanced TQ-12A engines on the 1st stage with higher thrust and specific impulse than the original TQ-12, and a new TQ-15A engine on the 2nd stage that has a moveable nozzle. The Block 2 variant lengthens the 1st stage with more propellant load and a lighter structure, plus engines with still more increased thrust to reach the capabilities listed above.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 3,312 kN
- Height
- 55.9 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Launch mass
- 267 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 6,000 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- 4,000 kg
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.