- China successfully recovered an orbital-class Long March 10B booster using a net on an offshore platform after launching a satellite — the country's first such retrieval.
- The 10B is compared to SpaceX's Falcon 9, but instead of landing legs it uses hooks to catch a sea‑platform net, trading autonomous pad landings for reduced mass and higher payload.
- The test advances China's reusable-rocket push, lifted aerospace stocks, could lower launch costs for commercial constellations, and the booster is planned to fly again by year‑end.
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