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US Business · space.com · Thursday, 20 August 2026

LandSpace becomes first Chinese company to land an orbital-class booster on terra firma

Beijing startup LandSpace landed the first stage of its reusable Zhuque-3 rocket on its second-ever flight, the first successful booster touchdown on land by a Chinese company. With live legs and a methalox design close to Falcon 9 payload capacity, China's commercial launch sector just leapfrogged closer to SpaceX's reusability edge.

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