Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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The Zhuque-3 Y2 rocket lifted off at 7:35 a.m. from Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone in northwest China on Wednesday. The land-based recovery of the rocket's first stage was completed as planned at the Zhuque-3 landing site in Minqin County, northwest China's Gansu Province. It was China's first successful land-based controlled recovery of a rocket's first stage using deployable landing legs, highlighting a breakthrough in the country's reusable rocket technology.



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