Private reusable test rocket completes vertical takeoff, landing flight test(1/8)

The Zhuque-3 reusable test rocket developed by LandSpace, a Chinese private rocket company blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

The Zhuque-3 VTVL-1, a single-stage liquid oxygen-methane vehicle, completed a 10-kilometer vertical takeoff and vertical landing test flight on Wednesday.

The Zhuque-3 reusable test rocket developed by LandSpace, a Chinese private rocket company blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

The Zhuque-3 reusable test rocket developed by LandSpace, a Chinese private rocket company blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

The Zhuque-3 reusable test rocket developed by LandSpace, a Chinese private rocket company blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

The Zhuque-3 reusable test rocket developed by LandSpace, a Chinese private rocket company blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

The Zhuque-3 reusable test rocket developed by LandSpace, a Chinese private rocket company blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

The Zhuque-3 reusable test rocket developed by LandSpace, a Chinese private rocket company lands at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Photo shows the landing platform at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo provided to China News Service)