2026-07-13
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China has successfully launched the Long March 10B carrier rocket at the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch
site in South China's Hainan province, achieving its first ever controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage.
The rocket, in its maiden flight, sent the payload into the preset orbit.
After the separation of the rocket's first and second stages, the first stage returned
and was successfully captured on a seaborne platform via a net capture system.
Both the launch and the first stage recovery were successfully completed.
This mission marked China's first successful controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage,
representing a major breakthrough in the country's reusable rocket technology.
The Long March 10B carrier rocket, a reusable liquid-fuelled commercial launch vehicle,
stands approximately 63 metres tall, with a diameter of 5 metres.
It has a lift-off thrust of about 890 tonnes.
And a liftoff mass of approximately 760 tons in its reusable configuration,
it has a low Earth orbit payload capacity of 16 tons.
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