A year on from its first flight hardware static fires, Pallas-1 has sailed into orbit during its debut 'test flight' out of Jiuquan a few hours ago, opening a path towards future booster recovery and reuse Details ->

Orbit on the very first flight, that is AWESOME! Seven CQ-50s all working perfectly. Now the fun part begins, grid fins and landing legs from flight 3 onwards

sick

you know it's almost annoying how much the state agencies in china stick to their principles. if you had someone like me responsible for space policy, i'd probably give all resources to landspace or CASC to make a starship equivalent as soon as possible. but -