China's first partially reusable rocket has reached orbit, but booster reuse will have to wait a little longer.
  • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Nice debut for Zhuque 3. Surviving up to an engine failure during the landing burn is pretty damn good.

    Landspace’s previous launch attempt, a Zhuque 2 back in August, had a 2nd stage failure. Zhuque 3 has the same 2nd stage engine, so it’s also a win that they got a good orbital insertion this time.