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Launch VehiclesChinaEvent 18 Aug 2026

CAS Space's Lixun-1 upper stage completes propulsion tests; maiden flight planned for Q1 2027

CAS Space's Lixun-1 upper stage completed a full-system integrated test with 566 seconds of cumulative firing and is ready to move to flight testing, with a maiden flight planned for the first quarter of 2027.

Source: Sina TechCAS Space

Launch VehiclesChinaEvent 19 Aug 2026

Zhuque-3 Y2 achieves China's first land recovery of an orbital rocket; foreign reports say the stage toppled after landing

LandSpace recovered the Zhuque-3 first stage on 19 August; NASASpaceflight says it toppled about 48 seconds after touchdown when residual propellant ignited.

Source: NASASpaceflightLandSpace