Demo Flight

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

04:02:20

Wednesday December 3, 2025

Mission Details

Launch Notes

First flight of the ZhuQue-3 rocket. First stage booster executed its re-entry burn normally, but the landing burn was abnormal and the booster crashed next to its downrange landing pad on its landing attempt.

Demo Flight

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.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
ZhuQue-3

Active Since 2025


Rocket

Diameter: 4.5m

Height: 76.6m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,300 kg

Liftoff Thrust

9,000 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 15.5m

Stages

2

Reuse

ZhuQue-3 Landing Site

Unknown Vehicle

Launch Site

General Trajectory

E

S

Launching

Southeast

Site 96B

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

ZhuQue 3


1st

Mission

1st

Mission of 2025

Blue Arrow Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd.


8th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2025

2025


288th

Orbital launch attempt