China’s private space company LandSpace has completed a key static fire test of its Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3) reusable rocket — a stainless-steel, methane-fueled launcher modeled after SpaceX’s Starship. Universe Today reports: The latest milestone took place on Monday, Oct. 22nd at the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone (where the JSLC is located). It involved another static fire test, where the rocket was fully-fueled but remained fixed to the launch pad while the…








