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China's LandSpace achieves reusable rocket booster landing
Published Wednesday, August 19, 2026
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Key points are extracted by an AI model and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original sources.- LandSpace's Zhuque-3 rocket successfully completed China's first ground-based, leg-assisted landing of an orbital-class booster on August 19, 2026.
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- Channel News Asia
Chinese startup LandSpace successfully recovered the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket, becoming one of only three private companies globally to land an orbital-class booster and narrowing China's gap with the United States in reusable rocket technology. This achievement marks China's first successful ground-based, leg-assisted landing of an orbital-class booster.
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