China achieves first rocket recovery on land

(ECNS) -- China launched the reusable Zhuque-3 rocket on Wednesday morning, marking the country’s first land recovery of a rocket first stage.

The Zhuque-3 Y2 rocket lifted off at 7:35 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China.

The land-based recovery of the rocket's first stage was completed as planned, and the flight mission was a complete success.

This mission followed the successful sea-based net recovery of the Long March-10B's first stage on July 10.

It represents China’s first controlled land recovery of a rocket first stage with deployable landing legs. It stands as a milestone in China’s reusable rocket technology development.

(By Intern Lin Qiaochu, Zhang Dongfang)