China joins Musk’s SpaceX with reusable rocket breakthroughs
China-based LandSpace successfully launched a Zhuque-3 rocket and recovered its first stage, a breakthrough in the nation’s efforts to develop reusable boosters that can slash the cost of space launches.
The first stage of the 66-metre (217-foot) rocket touched down in Minqin County, Gansu province, northwest China, on Wednesday after an eight-minute flight that delivered a Honghu-3 internet satellite into space.
Take-off occurred 390 km (242 miles) away at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in...
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