Zhuque-2E Block 2 | Unknown Payload

Unknown Payload

Possibly launch of a batch of SpaceSail LEO communication satellites. Details TBD.

Zhuque-2E Block 2

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.

Length

55.9 m

Diameter

3.35 m

Launch Mass

267 t

LEO Capacity

6,000 kg

Maiden Flight

2026