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China’s private rocket startup LandSpace is rapidly emerging as a key challenger in the global commercial space race, openly drawing inspiration from Elon Musk’s SpaceX while reshaping China’s traditionally state-led space industry. Earlier this month, the Beijing-based company became the first Chinese entity to conduct a reusable rocket test, a milestone that signals China’s growing ambitions in low-cost, reusable launch technology.
Although LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 rocket test ultimately ended in failure, the attempt itself marked a paradigm shift. Unlike China’s historically risk-averse, state-owned space firms, LandSpace embraces a startup culture that tolerates failure as part of rapid innovation—an approach long associated with SpaceX. Zhuque-3 chief designer Dai Zheng, who left China’s main state rocket developer to join LandSpace in 2016, has cited SpaceX’s focus on reusability and iterative engineering as a major motivation behind his move.
LandSpace aims to develop a reusable rocket comparable to SpaceX’s Falcon 9, offering China a cost-effective launch solution critical to Beijing’s long-term plan to deploy massive satellite constellations, potentially totaling 10,000 satellites. Company engineers emphasize that studying Falcon 9’s proven design is about learning from engineering success rather than imitation.
The company’s influence is already visible across China’s space sector. State media recently reported on failed reusable rocket recovery attempts by both private and state-owned firms—coverage that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. LandSpace has also increased transparency by opening its engine factory to foreign media, underscoring its confidence and global aspirations.
As LandSpace prepares for another Zhuque-3 launch following its December setback, it draws reassurance from SpaceX’s own early struggles, which preceded Falcon 9’s first successful booster landing in 2015. With Beijing now encouraging private space companies to pursue IPOs and tap capital markets, LandSpace’s reusable rocket ambitions could play a pivotal role in positioning China as a major force in the commercial spaceflight industry.
