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 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 …
