18 July 2018
The former Water Cube of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was an appropriate venue for a landmark event held by Chinese private launch company LandSpace earlier this month, given the liquid methane engines involved. The company was unveiling its medium-sized launch vehicle strategic initiative, which included a liquid methane-powered rocket capable of lifting multiple tons into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) — namely, its Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2) rocket. While containing a number of updates on strategy, range of rockets, and company value proposition, the most significant component of this event was the sheer size and ambitions of the company’s announced rocket. The ZQ-2 is much larger than anything China’s slew of private launch companies have unveiled to date.
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graphics of the Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2) rocket on Landspace's website