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China recovered its first reusable rocket and showed a new way to do it (arstechnica.com)
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How is China’s Long March-10B landing different from SpaceX’s Falcon 9? The Falcon 9 lands upright on four deployable legs on a pad or droneship. The Long March-10B has no legs; it uses four hooks to catch a net mounted on a ship, then a cable system absorbs the impact.

https://www.naijatechguide.com/net-vs-legs-how-chinas-long-march-10b-rocket-landing-is-different-from-spacex-falcon-9.html