China’s first ‘private’ rocket company marks successful first stage recovery
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 27, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Aug. 18 China’s LandSpace Corporation achieved the first first-stage vertical recovery for a reusable space launch vehicle (SLV) produced by a “privately” funded Chinese space company. The LandSpace Zhuque-3 two-stage SLV also achieved China’s first on-land first-stage vertical recovery about 390 kilometers down range, […]