China’s historic sea-based rocket recovery puts spotlight on domestic shipbuilder
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China successfully conducted the controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster, becoming only the second nation after the United States to do so. The first stage of the reusable Long March-10B rocket, on its maiden launch, returned vertically and was caught by the Linghangzhe recovery platform, which is China's first sea-based vessel using a net-capture system. The achievement highlights the role of the domestic shipbuilder that designed the recovery platform.
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Controlled recovery of orbital-class booster
The maiden launch of China's reusable Long March-10B rocket occurred on Friday.
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The spotlight has fallen on the domestic shipbuilder behind the design of the recovery platform.
Opinion- Controlled recovery of orbital-class booster
- Sea-based platform with net-capture system
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Loaded language removedAfter China became only the second nation after the US to achieve the controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster, the attention has fallen on the domestic shipbuilder behind the design of the recovery platform.
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The spotlight has fallen on the domestic shipbuilder behind the design of the recovery platform.
OpinionChina became the second nation after the United States to achieve controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster.
South China Morning PostThe maiden launch of China's reusable Long March-10B rocket occurred on Friday.
South China Morning PostThe first-stage booster of the Long March-10B returned vertically and was caught by the Linghangzhe recovery platform.
South China Morning PostThe Linghangzhe is China's first sea-based rocket recovery vessel to use a net-capture system.
South China Morning PostBias & Framing
- saliency_bias: the spotlight has fallen on the domestic shipbuilder behind the design of the recovery platform
- hyperbolic_language: historic sea-based rocket recovery,spotlight has fallen