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SpaceX rival, China’s iSpace claims success in vertical landing rocket test

A Chinese company has made significant progress in developing its reusable rocket after successfully testing the first stage of its Hyperbola-2 launch vehicle in a desert. iSpace, a Beijing-based firm, conducted a “hop test” at the Jiuquan satellite launch center on Thursday, which lasted for about a minute and demonstrated the rocket’s ability to take off and land vertically. The company said the test was an essential step towards flying its larger and more powerful Hyperbola-3 reusable rocket in 2025.

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iSpace is one of several Chinese companies working on reusable rockets. It made history 2019 with Hyperbola-1, China’s first privately developed rocket to reach orbit. Other competitors, such as Galactic Energy and CAS Space, have also tested scaled-down prototypes of their reusable rockets.

So far, only SpaceX has developed a rocket capable of a vertical soft landing and multiple reuse. The Falcon 9 rocket has been used for various missions, such as sending Starlink satellites into orbit and delivering astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.

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