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• July 10, 2026

China’s state-owned space company successfully launched a Long March orbital rocket and landed the booster on an offshore recovery vessel, becoming the second country to achieve the feat. Friday’s demonstration shows that the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is prepared to match the breakthrough that catapulted SpaceX to the top: reusing the same