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A leading Chinese commercial space company launched the country's first reusable rocket on Wednesday, with the spacecraft's second-stage booster managing to enter its designated orbit, despite the attempt to recover its first-stage booster remaining unsuccessful.

中国一家领先的商业航天公司蓝箭航天周三成功发射了该国首枚可重复使用火箭，尽管一级助推器的回收尝试未能成功，但该航天器的二级助推器仍成功进入预定轨道。

The ZQ 3 Y1 carrier rocket—a gigantic vessel designed and manufactured by Beijing-based Land-Space and primarily made ofstainless steel —blasted off at noon from its launch service tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. The code name Y1 signifies that the rocket is the first in the ZQ 3 series.

ZQ 3 Y1运载火箭（即朱雀三号遥一运载火箭）——这艘由北京蓝箭航天设计制造、主要采用不锈钢材质的巨型飞行器——于正午时分从中国西北部酒泉卫星发射中心的发射服务塔腾空而起。其代号Y1（遥一）表明该火箭是ZQ 3（朱雀）系列的首枚火箭。

After a short flight, the rocket's second-stage booster reached its preset orbital position, but the first-stage booster burst into a fireball over a designated recovery site in Minqin county in Gansu province, about 390 kilometers from the launch site.

经过短暂飞行，火箭第二级助推器抵达预定轨道位置，但第一级助推器在距发射场约390公里的甘肃省临泉县指定回收区上空化作火球。

The mission verified the overall plan for the testing, launch and flight of the ZQ 3 model, and demonstrated the compatibility of interfaces between various systems, according to LandSpace.

据蓝箭航天透露，此次任务验证了ZQ 3型号的测试、发射及飞行总体方案，并证明了各系统接口间的兼容性。

It successfully obtained critical technical data during the flight, laying a solid foundation for optimizing the rocket's design, enhancing its overall reliability, and realizing recovery, the company said.

该公司表示，此次飞行成功获取关键技术数据，为优化火箭设计、提升整体可靠性及实现回收奠定了坚实基础。

Technical specifications from LandSpace show that the ZQ 3 Y1 is 66.1 meters tall and 4.5 meters wide, and weighs nearly 560 metric tons when fully fueled. With a liftoffthrust of over 750 tons, it is capable of transporting heavy satellites to low-Earth or sun-synchronous orbits.

根据蓝箭航天提供的技术规格，朱雀三号遥一运载火箭火箭全高66.1米，宽4.5米，满油状态下重达近560吨。其起飞推力超过750吨，可将重型卫星送入近地轨道或太阳同步轨道。