This Chinese company could become the country's first to land a reusable rocket

"Airspace warning notices advising pilots to steer clear of the rocket's flight path suggest LandSpace has a launch window of about two hours. When it lifts off, the Zhuque-3 (Vermillion Bird-3) rocket will become the largest commercial launch vehicle ever flown in China. What's more, LandSpace will become the first Chinese launch provider to attempt a landing of its first stage booster, using the same tried-and-true return method pioneered by SpaceX and, more recently, Blue Origin in the United States."

"Construction crews recently finished a landing pad in the remote Gobi Desert, some 240 miles (390 kilometers) southeast of the launch site at Jiuquan. Unlike US spaceports, the Jiuquan launch base is located in China's interior, with rockets flying over land as they climb into space. When the Zhuque-3 booster finishes its job of sending the rocket toward orbit, it will follow an arcing trajectory toward the recovery zone, firing its engines to slow for landing about eight-and-a-half minutes after liftoff."

LandSpace prepares the inaugural flight of its medium-lift Zhuque-3 launcher, with liftoff possibly around 11 pm EST (04:00 UTC) or noon local time at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Airspace warnings indicate a roughly two-hour launch window. Zhuque-3 would become China's largest commercial launch vehicle and LandSpace would attempt to land the first-stage booster using a propulsive return method similar to SpaceX and Blue Origin. A new landing pad in the Gobi Desert sits about 240 miles southeast of Jiuquan. The Jiuquan site launches over land, and the booster is expected to arc toward the recovery zone and fire engines to slow for a landing about eight-and-a-half minutes after liftoff. LandSpace officials have not made any public statements about launch or landing odds.

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