China is accelerating its efforts to compete with SpaceX in the commercial space sector by developing and testing new reusable rocket technologies. Several Chinese aerospace companies, both state-backed and private, are conducting vertical takeoff and landing tests to reduce launch costs and increase mission frequency. These advancements aim to challenge SpaceX’s dominance in the global satellite launch market and support China’s plans for its own low-Earth orbit satellite megaconstellations.
- Chinese commercial space firms are actively developing reusable rocket technology to significantly lower orbital launch costs.
- Recent vertical takeoff and vertical landing tests demonstrate engineering progress aimed at matching capabilities pioneered by SpaceX.
- The technological advancements support China’s state-backed initiatives to deploy domestic satellite constellations.
- Both private startups and state-owned enterprises are driving the rapid growth and funding of China’s competitive space sector.
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A reusable rocket isn't just about saving money. It could reshape military power, satellite internet, and the balance of influence in space.
China will be the first country to send humans to Mars.
Just curious, what earlier official schedule are you referring to? China’s stated goal is to land astronauts on the Moon before 2030. If there was a previous official deadline that they missed, it would be helpful to mention it. Otherwise, saying they are “many years behind schedule” feels a bit misleading.
There is no space in orbit for 10’s of thousands of satellites. When is there going to be a world body to take control of this mess? Space should belong to all humanity, and it has been privatized with no consent. This whole situation is unacceptable
America in 2028? Let’s get serious, the US in not even close. China does not need to legitimize itself, it leads everything but warmongering. China will be on the moon with a plan, unlike NASA
Cause SPCX crash
NIIIICE China! Good to see an alternative solution to the same challenge : )
Its a Chinese company rather than CHYNNNNAAAAAAA
US never gone to the moon why was NASA begging China for the moon sample ?
Pakistan was first in south asia. And as soon as its economy goes on upward direction, it will shock the science world
这是DW。我还以为是啥非洲频道呢😅
China build almost everthing primarily for one day being sanctioned, not for selling.
Nice to see China developing their rockets. They can do it more efficiently than Americans. Americans waist their money paying off billionaires.
And guess who taught them?!
Damn, so much wrong in the first 30 seconds… stains the arguably good rest of the video.
– Boosters don't fall from orbit, they are the first stage.
– Rocketlab (NZ) and SpaceX (USA) have both catched boosters without landing legs, one with a helicopter from parachute, one with chopsticks on a tower.
– They did not use a "Net", four independently moving wires are not a net.
Gotta love media that misrepresents technologies and then watch societies who believe space has no gravity, or that nuclear reactors glow green, or that AC and heat pumps are not the same machine.
Rocket Overcapacity !!!!
Credit where credit is due…
Science an politics are very different things.
Booster landings:
China : 1 , SpaceX : 639
LOL WEAK CCP. China has done nothing but made weak CCP weapons for Iran. 😆 🤣 😂 The CCP makes nothing. They steal from good Countries and try to copy it. It's what the weak CCP does. ALWAYS..
DW is buying into the "space race" narrative. China isn't worried about SpaceX. They're just developing the currently necessary technology. By good reasons no one is copying the Starship fleet concept because no one needs such a oversized rocket with such a large payload capacity and hundreds of launches per year to become economically viable. And why should anybody depend on a commercial U.S. company for communications and military tasks? Especially when this company is years behind schedule with their own heavy lift concept.
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Everyone, including the ESA, is developing heavy launch systems that meet current demands and for the next gen satellitte networks. They're also taking steps toward less expensive, reusable systems. One option is eliminate the heavy landing legs. Using a net to catch the rocket on a ship eliminates the need for an expensive capture tower and reduces the risk of catastrophic malfunction. SpaceX takes the risk because they need reusability in hours, not days. It's an economic question, not a technical one.
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If SpaceX fails with the Starship fleet concept, it will fail on its own. The rest of the world will simply carry on as before. Only SpaceX's monopolistic business model and the Pentagon's total dependence on a single company would be affected, not the future of spaceflight.
China: We are proceeding with our lunar landing according to our own timetable; there has never been any sort of race.
United States: We are in a race! This is a race!
Germany’s DW: Well, if the US says it’s a race, then it’s a race! I’ll say whatever the US tells me to say!
SpaceX is basically a telecommunication company with very few customers and a contract with US government that might last as long as Trump's presidency. Their space fairy tales are just as good as their AI models. lol.
I think competition is good. That’s what drives improvements. I am impressed that 30 years ago China watched American warships ensure Taiwan’s historic election and the Asian Financial Crisis engulf the region.
But in one generation it is called a per competitor to the USA, who is allied with every western country in the world.
I like how noone even mentions the japanese reuseable rocket test after watching their video.