Full-scale reusable rocket completes 2nd trial flight(1/4)

China's iSpace's Hyperbola-2 methane-liquid oxygen reusable verification rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 10, 2023. (Photo provided to China News Service)

The company completed its 2nd vertical takeoff, vertical landing test of Hyperbola-2 rocket, marking the first reusable flight of a reusable rocket in China. Hyperbola-2 rocket

China's iSpace's Hyperbola-2 methane-liquid oxygen reusable verification rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 10, 2023. (Photo provided to China News Service)

China's iSpace's Hyperbola-2 methane-liquid oxygen reusable verification rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 10, 2023. (Photo provided to China News Service)

China's iSpace's Hyperbola-2 methane-liquid oxygen reusable verification rocket lands at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 10, 2023. (Photo provided to China News Service)