Demo Flight
Zhuque-3, LandSpace
Launch Area 96B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch time
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Wed 3 Dec, 05:00 CET
04:00 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Demo Flight on Zhuque-3. Wed 3 Dec 2025, 04:00 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Launch Area 96B. Source: Launch Library 2.
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.
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
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Launch success, first stage failed to land.
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NET December 3 per NOTAMs.
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Added launch.
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Launch pad
Launch Area 96B
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China (CN)
Coordinates: 40.92017, 100.25129
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