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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, December 1 (Xinhua) — On Sunday, China delivered the country's first offshore platform designed to recover rockets using a networked system. The new technology is a key element of the country's reusable rocket launch infrastructure.
The platform, named "Linghanzhe" (Pioneer), has been certified by the China Classification Society, becoming the country's first offshore missile recovery platform to receive the necessary class and official certifications.
In August of this year, the Stellar Return rocket recovery vessel, built by i-Space, was launched. The vessel, with a landing deck measuring over 40 by 60 meters, is designed to return the first stage of i-Space's Shuangquxian-3 (SQX-3) reusable rocket, which flies on liquid oxygen and methane.
That same month, China's new-generation manned launch vehicle, the Long March-10, successfully completed its first test fire. The model comes in two configurations: the Long March-10 and the reusable two-stage Long March-10A.
China is actively developing reusable launch vehicle technologies. In June, LandSpace successfully completed ground tests of the first-stage propulsion system of its Zhuque-3 reusable rocket.
To date, several Chinese rocket makers have completed basic vertical takeoff and landing tests. -0-
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