Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3) is a reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by Chinese private company LandSpace. The rocket is built using stainless steel and shares the same series of gas generator cycle methane/liquid oxygen powered rocket engines as in the currently active ZQ-2E rocket. The first stage uses 9 TQ-12 engines (initially the TQ-12A, then upgraded TQ-12B) while the second stage uses 1 TQ-15 engine (TQ-15A, then TQ-15B). On launch missions where the first stage is recovered, it will land on a down-range landing pad located in Minqin County, Gansu Province.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 9,000 kN
- Height
- 76.6 m
- Diameter
- 4.5 m
- Launch mass
- 660 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 21,300 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.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.
Boosters that flew this rocket
Boosters by flights
- ZQ-3 F11 flights0/1 landings
Serial-tracked stages only — predominantly SpaceX.
Launches
Next: Zhuque-3 | Flight 2 — August 31, 2026
- Zhuque-3 | Demo Flight — Success