China nails first sea-based recovery of a reusable rocket
TL;DR
China’s Long March-10B successfully completed its maiden flight and recovered its first-stage booster on a sea-based net, marking the country’s first controlled recovery of a reusable orbital rocket and signaling progress toward lower-cost launches alongside SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Topics:worldspace#booster-recovery#long-march-10b#reusable-rocket#sea-based-landing#space#spaceflight
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