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First flight of the new methalox rocket developed by Chinese startup LandSpace.
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First flight of the new methalox rocket developed by Chinese startup LandSpace.
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First flight of the new methalox rocket developed by Chinese startup LandSpace.
Zhuque-2 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.
LandSpace is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Tsinghua University alumni Zhang Changwu.
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