"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 ...
The Sea Dragon, a 490-foot behemoth, would have been built of inexpensive steel and launched from the sea, minimizing ground infrastructure.
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 ...