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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #China #Zhuque3

A few hours ago, the Chinese Zhuque-3 Y2 rocket blasted off from the Dongfeng commercial area, carrying the Honghu-03 satellite. The second stage successfully reached orbit with payload separation, achieving a successful primary mission on this rocket's second flight, the first to deploy a real satellite into orbit. A goal for LandSpace, the company that developed the rocket, was to land the first stage, which was successful.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2026/08/19/the-first-stage-of-the-chinese-zhuque-3-rocket-successfully-landed-on-its-second-attempt/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115853731744568358

• #Artemis 🌙 🇺🇸
• #Starship refueling ⛽, catch 🦾
• #BlueMoon 🌙
• #Neutron 🚀
• #Nova 🚀
• #Mengzhou ♻️🇨🇳
• #Zhuque3 ♻️️🇨🇳
• Roman #SpaceTelescope 🔭🇺🇸
• #ChangE7
• #Spectrum, #RFA One, #Miura5 🇪🇺🚀
• #TerranR 🚀
• #Eclipse 🚀
• #NovaC 🌙
• #BlueGhost 🌙
• #Astroscale refueler ⛽
• #Plato exoplanets 🔭🇪🇺
• #Gaganyaan 🚀🇮🇳
• #Martian Moons Exploration 🛰️ 🇯🇵

#NASA #ESA #CASC #ISRO #JAXA #SpaceX #BlueOrigin #RocketLab #StokeSpace #LandSpace #Vast #RelativitySpace #Firefly #NorthropGrumman #IntuitiveMachines #Astroscale

🇨🇳 #Zhuque3's #payload capacity to #LEO will be 21,000 kilograms expendable, 18,300 kg when the first stage is recovered ♻️ downrange, 12,500 kg when returning to the launch site.

#Tianlong3 : 17,000 kg to #LEO, 14,000 kg to 500-km #SSO

#Ceres2 : 1,600 kg to 500-km #LEO, 1,300 kg to 500-km SSO

#Pallas1's three-core-stage : 30,000 kg to #LEO

#Nebula1's improved version 8,000 kg to #LEO

#Kinetica2 : 12,000 kg to #LEO, 7,800 kg to #SSO

#Hyperbola3 : 8,500 kg to LEO ♻️

https://spacenews.com/china-to-debut-new-long-march-and-commercial-rockets-in-2025/