China Successfully Tests Reusable Long March-10B
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An Asian giant company managed to capture a segment of the Long March 10B rocket.The technique was exclusive to Blue Origin and mainly SpaceX, a company that has made hundreds of recoveries.
China has recovered the first stage of a Long March orbital rocket at sea. This technical milestone could have an impact on the space race.
Multi-Angle Views: China's Long March-10B Reusable Rocket First Stage Recovery
Multi-Angle Views: China's Long March-10B Reusable Rocket First Stage RecoveryChina Media Group released exclusive multi-angle footage on July 10, 2026, of the Long March-10B carrier rocket's launch and recovery, as China achieved its first controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage.The rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province at 12:15 Friday. About six minutes after stage separation,…
China has successfully landed for the first time the first stage of a launcher after an orbital flight on a marine platform. The first flight of the Long March 10B increases global competition for reusable space technologies. (Read more)
Chen Muye works for the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, and told the Xinhua news agency something simple: landing "rods," the ones everyone has associated with reusable rockets since the SpaceX era, are a huge problem. They weigh down, take up space, and ultimately steal payload. The Long March 10B, the stage recovered on July 10 off the coast of Hainan, completely circumvented that problem by replacing SpaceX's "rods" with... a rock…
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