深潮TechFlow|Aug 19, 2026 00:31
[Deputy Chief Designer of Zhuque-3: Strive to Reuse the Recovered Rocket as Soon as Possible]
Deep Tide TechFlow reports that on August 19, at 7:35 AM, the Zhuque-3 rocket, standing as tall as a 25-story building and weighing over 600 tons, once again broke free from Earth's gravity and entered low Earth orbit. Just over two minutes later, the booster and the second stage carrying a satellite successfully separated. Less than ten minutes after launch, the booster performed two reverse thrust maneuvers to decelerate and slowly landed at a recovery site in Minqin County, Gansu Province, 390 kilometers away from the launch site.
When asked by the media, "Now that the recovery has been successful, what will your team (the Zhuque-3 team) do next?" Zhuque-3 Deputy Chief Designer Dong Kai stated, "We will strive to reuse the recovered rocket as soon as possible. After the rocket returns, we will carefully disassemble it to examine where damage occurred during this flight. If each component had a 'health bar,' our future work would be to ensure that every 'health bar' is inspectable, testable, and repairable. Once repairs are complete, the rocket will be placed back on the launch pad. The main improvement directions for Zhuque-3 are to enhance payload capacity, reliability, and shorten the reuse cycle. My personal hope is for Zhuque-3 to surpass the threshold of 10 launches per year." (Jin10)
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