China recovered its first reusable rocket and showed a new way to do it
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中国国有火箭开发商于5月29日在南海成功回收一枚可重复使用的轨道级火箭助推器。该任务使用长征十号B火箭从海南文昌商业航天发射场升空，约10分钟后助推器返回并精准降落在海上平台的四腿框架内。火箭上面级继续进入轨道并部署了名为CX-26的有效载荷。中方官员称此次飞行取得“圆满成功”。
China's sprawling state-owned rocket developer, maker of the country's Long March rocket family, announced it recovered a reusable orbital-class booster for the first time Friday in the South China Sea.
The milestone mission began with the liftoff of a Long March 10B rocket from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site on Hainan Island, China's southernmost province. Powered by seven kerosene-fueled engines, the approximately 209-foot-tall (63.6-meter) rocket took off at 12:15 am EDT (04:15 UTC), or 12:15 pm local time at the seaside spaceport at Wenchang.
About 10 minutes later, the Long March 10B booster descended from space and guided itself into a four-legged frame affixed to an offshore vessel. Tensioned cables stretched over the ship in a grid pattern captured the rocket as it shut down its landing engines, leaving the smoldering booster hanging in midair. The rocket's upper stage continued into orbit and deployed a payload known only as CX-26. Chinese officials hailed the flight as a "complete success."
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