China’s reusable rocket completes vertical takeoff, landing flight test

China’s independently developed Zhuque-3 reusable test rocket has successfully completed a 10-kilometer vertical takeoff and landing flight test at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday. It is a significant breakthrough in the country’s commercial space sector, marking a crucial step towards realizing high-capacity, low-cost, high-frequency and reusable space launches in the future, according to the rocket’s developer LandSpace, a Chinese private rocket company. The test procedure included ascent, engine shutdown, power-off glide, in-flight engine restart and soft landing, with all performance indicators meeting the expected design specifications. #SpaceTech #ChinaSpace #Zhuque3 #RocketLaunch #Innovation #CommercialSpace #SpaceExploration