Science
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China’s Copied Space X and Failed: LandSpace Inches Closer to Reusable Rocket Milestone
In a significant step for China’s rapidly evolving commercial space sector, Beijing-based LandSpace successfully reached orbit with its Zhuque-3 rocket this Wednesday. However, the mission fell just short of its most ambitious goal which was to successfully re-landing the rocket booster on a designated pad. China copied but failed! The mission represented the first-ever attempt…
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China’s New Pair of Remote Sensing satellite launched
By Levina On November 24, the skies above Jiuquan lit up as China launched two more “essential” radar satellites—Siwei Gaojing-2 (03 & 04)—because clearly, the world doesn’t have enough eyes watching it already. Carried aloft by the trusty Long March-2C rocket, the mission adds yet another notch to China’s growing belt of surveillance superiority. An…