Clearly, they admire the work that's being done by SpaceX and are trying to replicate it."
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“Clearly, they admire the work that’s being done by SpaceX and are trying to replicate it.”
China's Long March 10B booster, 16 feet (5 meters) in diameter, descends toward its recovery vessel in the South China Sea.
Chinese Foreign Ministry via X
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.
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