China's First Rocket Land Recovery Succeeds: LandSpace Passes Its 'Second Big Exam'
· pandaily.com
The Zhuque-3 Y-2's successful land recovery on August 19 is LandSpace's second answer in under a year, after the Y-1 first flight in December 2025. It validates China's first orbital-class first-stage land recovery via landing legs, and comes as LandSpace advances its STAR Market IPO amid a rapidly accelerating domestic reusable-rocket verification race.
The Zhuque-3 Y-2's successful land recovery on August 19 is LandSpace's second answer in under a year, after the Y-1 first flight in December 2025. It validates China's first orbital-class first-stage land recovery via landing legs, and comes as LandSpace advances its STAR Market IPO amid a rapidly accelerating domestic reusable-rocket verification race.