Blue Arrow Aerospace Postpones Zhuque-3 RMB 2 Launch Set for August 11, 2026
Blue Arrow Aerospace has postponed the launch of its Zhuque-3 RMB 2 rocket, originally scheduled for the morning of August 11, 2026, according to informed sources. The mission, the rocket's second orbital flight test, was to demonstrate first-stage vertical soft-landing recovery at a land site in Minqin, Gansu, about 390 kilometres from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, where airspace control was set for 7:40-8:27 am. Separately, a Long March 7A launch from Wenchang carrying the Zhongxing 4B satellite failed on August 10.
Blue Arrow Aerospace has postponed the launch of its Zhuque-3 RMB 2 carrier rocket, originally scheduled for the morning of August 11. Informed sources confirmed the news. A previously issued notice showed that temporary airspace control at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center was set for 7:40-8:27 am Beijing time on August 11, 2026. The Zhuque-3 RMB 2 rocket was originally planned to carry out its second orbital flight test mission that morning, with the core objective of first-stage vertical soft-landing recovery. According to the airspace control window delineated in the navigation notice, the first stage was to perform a vertical landing at the Minqin land recovery site in Gansu, about 390 kilometres from the launch site.
At 20:02 on August 10, China used a Long March 7A carrier rocket at Wenchang Space Launch Site to launch the Zhongxing 4B satellite. The rocket experienced a flight anomaly and the launch mission ended in failure. The specific cause is under further analysis and investigation.
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