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  1. #SCMP:
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    China’s LandSpace beats SpaceX with steel-booster recovery after orbital launch
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    "Zhuque-3 is China’s second orbital rocket to demonstrate first-stage recovery after Long March-10B first stage was captured by net in July"

    scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    19.8.2026

    #China #Honghu03 #Landspace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #Spaceflight #Wiederverwendung #ZQ3 #Zhuque3 #Zhuque3Y2

  2. #SCMP:
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    China’s first reusable rocket Zhuque-3 makes maiden voyage but recovery attempt fails

    Designer LandSpace says it is investigating after lower stage of the rocket appeared to catch fire before crashing near the recovery site
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    scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    3.12.2025

    #China #JSLC #LandSpace #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Zhuque3 #ZQ3

  3. 🇨🇳 #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 ♻️

    spacenews.com/china-to-debut-n

  4. 🇨🇳 #LandSpace is targeting a hop test 🚀 later this month, during which a stainless steel prototype of #Zhuque3’s first stage would lift off to a height of about 100 metres and land back on Earth in a controlled manner.
    It will be able to lift #payloads up to 21.3 tonnes to #LEO when expendable, or 18.3 tonnes when the first stage is recovered down range, or 12.5 tonnes when the first stage returns to the #LaunchSite scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    #ReusableRocket

  5. 🇨🇳 #LandSpace is targeting a hop test 🚀 later this month, during which a stainless steel prototype of #Zhuque3’s first stage would lift off to a height of about 100 metres and land back on Earth in a controlled manner.
    It will be able to lift #payloads up to 21.3 tonnes to #LEO when expendable, or 18.3 tonnes when the first stage is recovered down range, or 12.5 tonnes when the first stage returns to the #LaunchSite scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    #ReusableRocket

  6. 🇨🇳 #LandSpace is targeting a hop test 🚀 later this month, during which a stainless steel prototype of #Zhuque3’s first stage would lift off to a height of about 100 metres and land back on Earth in a controlled manner.
    It will be able to lift #payloads up to 21.3 tonnes to #LEO when expendable, or 18.3 tonnes when the first stage is recovered down range, or 12.5 tonnes when the first stage returns to the #LaunchSite scmp.com/news/china/science/ar

    #ReusableRocket

  7. 🇨🇳 is targeting a hop test 🚀 later this month, during which a stainless steel prototype of ’s first stage would lift off to a height of about 100 metres and land back on Earth in a controlled manner.
    It will be able to lift up to 21.3 tonnes to when expendable, or 18.3 tonnes when the first stage is recovered down range, or 12.5 tonnes when the first stage returns to the scmp.com/news/china/science/ar