The Sea Dragon, a 490-foot behemoth, would have been built of inexpensive steel and launched from the sea, minimizing ground infrastructure.
"The Sea Dragon concept has been developed assuming that space transportation economy will result if launch vehicles are used that are very large, simple, and reusable, even if payload-to-liftoff ...
A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the satellite group CentiSpace 01 blasts off from the sea near the city of Haiyang in east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 13, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] A Smart Dragon ...
China has successfully conducted its first sea-based rocket launch of the ... On Monday, 13 January 2025, the Smart Dragon-3 carrier rocket lifted off from the waters near Haiyang, Shandong ...