China’s Inaugural Effort At First-Stage Rocket Recovery Fails

ZhuQue-3 lifting off

ZhuQue-3 lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Dec. 3.

Credit: LandSpace
China has completed the inaugural launch of the ZhuQue-3 rocket, but failed to recover the first stage that was a key objective of the flight. Private Chinese company LandSpace launched the rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at noon Beijing time on Dec. 3. The China National Space...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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