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LandSpace Launches Zhuque 2E Rocket Carrying Ten Satellites into Orbit

Chinese company LandSpace deployed ten satellites into sun-synchronous orbit on Wednesday using a Zhuque-2E rocket launched from Jiuquan.

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Chinese commercial launch provider LandSpace successfully launched a Zhuque-2E carrier rocket from Launch Area 96A at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. SatNews reported that the uncrewed vehicle lifted off at 7:40 a.m. Eastern time, placing ten satellites into their planned sun-synchronous orbits. [1]

The primary payload consisted of eight orbital data center test spacecraft developed by ADAspace Technology. SatNews noted that two secondary communications satellites were also deployed during the mission. SatNews and SatNews Publishers both covered the launch details. [1][4]

The launch highlights growing efforts to move computational workloads into orbit. According to SatNews, placing data centers in space is intended to address terrestrial power constraints and mitigate ground station downlink bottlenecks. BigGo Finance noted that LandSpace has launched ten satellites twice within a span of 29 days. [1][2]

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In short

  • LandSpace launched a Zhuque-2E carrier rocket on October 14, 2026, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
  • The uncrewed rocket deployed ten satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit.
  • The payload included eight orbital data center test satellites built by ADAspace Technology and two communications satellites.
  • LandSpace completed two launches carrying ten satellites each within a 29-day period.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]LandSpace Launches Zhuque-2E Carrying Eight ADAspace Orbital Data Center SatellitesSatNews, 5h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]LandSpace Launches 10 Satellites Twice in 29 Days as China's Commercial Space Race Accelerates Toward Airline-Style CadenceBigGo Finance, 16h ago
  3. [3]Why Orbital Data Centers Sound Great Until You Look At The PИФЗ РАН, 14h ago
  4. [4]LandSpace Launches Zhuque-2E Carrying Eight ADAspace Orbital Data Center SatellitesSatNews Publishers, 5h ago

Background

  1. [5]List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026 on Wikipedia
  2. [6]2020 in spaceflight on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 6 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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