Deep Blue Aerospace, a private rocket company, plans a second high-altitude vertical takeoff and vertical landing test of its Nebula-1 rocket in November, the company announced. "Based on what we learned from the first test, we will conduct another high-altitude vertical recovery flight in November," the company said. The VTVL test, also known as a hop test, involves a rocket …
A VTVL-1 experimental rocket ignites as it prepares to lift off at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. LandSpace, a leading private rocket maker in China, conducted a major technological demonstration on Wednesday, bringing the company closer to its goal of building a reusable carrier rocket. An experimental rocket manufactured by the Beijing company was used in the "vertical takeoff and vertical …
LandSpace, a leading private rocket manufacturer in China, made significant progress toward developing a reusable carrier rocket on Wednesday with a successful technological demonstration. The Beijing-based company conducted a "vertical takeoff and vertical landing" test at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi Desert. The experimental rocket, named VTVL-1, lifted off, reached an altitude of 10 kilometers, and …
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor, conducted a significant technological test on Sunday, bringing the company closer to its goal of building the nation's first reusable carrier rocket. The state-owned conglomerate announced that one of its subsidiaries, the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, used an experimental rocket to perform a "hop test" at the Jiuquan …
A new Chinese carrier rocket made its first flight on Tuesday under a long-term plan to develop reusable launch vehicles aimed at reducing mission costs and speed up launch schedules for commercial clients. The medium-lift Long March 8 Y-1 blasted off at 12:37 p.m. from the southern Chinese island of Hainan carrying five satellites, state media reported. China plans to …
