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China Recovers Long March 10B Rocket Booster on Floating Platform
Cnn reported that China recovered the first stage of its Long March 10B rocket after an orbital launch from Hainan island. The booster returned to a floating platform six minutes after separation. The test advances China's reusable rocket efforts.
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China recovered the first stage of a carrier rocket during an orbital launch test, Cnn reported. The Long March 10B rocket lifted off from a site on Hainan island in southern China on Friday. About six minutes after the booster separated from the upper stage, it returned to a floating platform.
A video posted by a CCTV-affiliated social media account showed the booster smoking at the top as it lowered vertically onto the platform. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation stated that the mission signifies a historic breakthrough in China’s reusable rocket technology and a solid foundation for accelerating the improvement of China’s space access capabilities.
The Long March-10 series is designed and built by a subsidiary of state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The series supports China’s plans for crewed missions to the moon. Multiple companies in China’s space sector have conducted failed tests of other rockets in recent months. SpaceX landed and reused rocket boosters nearly a decade ago.
Blue Origin completed its first successful landing of the first stage of its New Glenn rocket last November.
