According to LandSpace, the new variant is 47.3 meters tall and 3.35 meters wide with a liftoff weight of 219 metric tons and a launch thrust of 282 tons.

The ZQ 2E is capable of placing satellites with a combined weight of 4 tons into a typical sun-synchronous orbit about 500 kilometers above the Earth, meaning it has a much bigger carrying capacity than the ZQ 2.

LandSpace makes its rockets and engines at the company's plant in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, the first privately owned carrier rocket factory in China and the largest of its kind in Asia.

The mission marked China's 58th space launch this year.