Zhuque-3 lands its first stage, accelerating China's reusable-rocket push

China’s LandSpace successfully recovered the first stage of its Zhuque-3 orbital rocket on land, marking the second booster recovery by a Chinese company and underscoring China’s accelerating push into reusable launch tech amid a broader global race to-scale and cadence. The mission delivered a satellite to orbit and detailed plans to reuse boosters multiple times, while noting other Chinese rockets are pursuing similar capabilities, with SpaceX and Blue Origin remaining ahead on launch pace.