spaceflight, 6 months ago 🇨🇳 #LandSpace is targeting a hop test 🚀 later this month, during which a stainless steel prototype of #Zhuque3’s first stage would lift off to a height of about 100 metres and land back on Earth in a controlled manner. It will be able to lift #payloads up to 21.3 tonnes to #LEO when expendable, or 18.3 tonnes when the first stage is recovered down range, or 12.5 tonnes when the first stage returns to the #LaunchSite https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3245027/spacex-rival-pioneering-chinese-firm-unveils-big-rocket-design-elements-resembling-starship-and #ReusableRocket
🇨🇳 #LandSpace is targeting a hop test 🚀 later this month, during which a stainless steel prototype of #Zhuque3’s first stage would lift off to a height of about 100 metres and land back on Earth in a controlled manner. It will be able to lift #payloads up to 21.3 tonnes to #LEO when expendable, or 18.3 tonnes when the first stage is recovered down range, or 12.5 tonnes when the first stage returns to the #LaunchSite https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3245027/spacex-rival-pioneering-chinese-firm-unveils-big-rocket-design-elements-resembling-starship-and
#ReusableRocket