CHINA ACHIEVED HISTORIC MILESTONE IN REUSABLE SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Chinese carrier successfully placed its satellite payload into orbit and was successfully recovered through a net-based capture system on an offshore recovery platform located more than 300 km away from the launch site.
Approximately eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage was precisely captured by an offshore recovery platform using a net-based system — making China among the top two countries to master vertical rocket recovery technology.
The Long March 10B has a 16-ton payload capacity in reusable mode. The mobile offshore recovery platform — Linghangzhe. In expendable mode, this could increase to 20+ tons — competing directly with SpaceX's Falcon 9.