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<\/p>\nThe upcoming week features flights from China, California, Virginia, and Florida. Three Starlink launches, two from Vandenberg and one from Cape Canaveral, are set for this week along with a HASTE suborbital flight from Wallops.<\/p>\n
Internationally, flights are scheduled from Jiuquan and Wenchang in China. ZhuQue-2E is set to make its first operational flight with a payload since the failed SatNet launch on Aug. 15, 2025, while a Chang Zheng 5 (CZ-5) is expected to fly out of Hainan Island. An additional Chinese commercial mission, flying on a Kinetica 1 rocket, is scheduled for the end of the week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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LandSpace\u2019s ZhuQue-2E Y2 ascends from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. (Credit: LandSpace)<\/p>\n
ZhuQue-2E Block 2 | Unknown Payload<\/p>\n
The first launch of the week is scheduled to be the return to operational service of the LandSpace ZhuQue-2E following a successful test flight on May 13. The test flight validated the Block 2 design improvements, and this week\u2019s flight is scheduled for Tuesday, June 9, at 08:20 UTC.<\/p>\n
The rocket is set to fly from Site 96A at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia province of northwest China. The flight will follow a southeast trajectory, and the payload is currently unknown. The two-stage ZhuQue-2E Block 2, the latest variant of the first methane-fueled rocket to successfully launch a payload to orbit, can carry up to 6,000 kg to low-Earth orbit (LEO).<\/p>\n
This is the second ZhuQue-2E flight of the year. LandSpace is also developing its partially reusable ZhuQue-3 rocket, which launched on a demonstration flight last December.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n