Long March 10B
Coverage of Long March 10B in the Nexus archive.
- China recovered its first reusable rocket and showed a new way to do it
China recovered its first reusable orbital-class rocket booster in the South China Sea using a novel four-legged frame and grid-cable capture method. The Long March 10B rocket launched from Hainan Island, with the booster descending 10 minutes later while the upper stage deployed a payload named CX-26.
- China successfully tests sea-based rocket booster recovery system
China successfully tested a sea-based rocket booster recovery system using a net on an offshore platform, marking its first retrieval of an orbital-class rocket. The Long March 10B rocket, developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, aims to reduce launch costs for commercial satellite constellations and support lunar missions.
- China recovers reusable rocket used in the maiden launch of Long March 10B
China successfully recovered the reusable rocket used in the first launch of the Long March 10B. The rocket, launched from Wenchang space launch site, had its first stage returned via a sea-based net platform, according to Xinhua.