LandSpace lands Zhuque-3 booster in successful propulsive recovery
LandSpace on Tuesday recovered the first stage of its Zhuque-3 orbital-class rocket with a propulsive, four-leg touchdown after launching from Jiuquan, marking China's first on-land booster recovery and coming 40 days after a separate Long March 10B net recovery at sea. The stainless-steel, methane-fueled Zhuque-3 reached orbit and is rated to lift about 8 metric tons to low Earth orbit in reusable mode, with planned upgrades to roughly 18.3 metric tons. Engineers changed landing procedures and heat shielding after a December crash, and companies in China and the United States now pursue multiple reusable-rocket programs with possible market consequences.
LandSpace successfully recovered a Zhuque-3 first stage by propulsive land landing.
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China recently had its first successful booster recovery at sea with a Long March 10B. LandSpace previously had a December Zhuque-3 booster crash. More Chinese reusable rocket flights and reuses could follow soon.
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