Cosmic Penguin
@cosmicpenguinov103.bsky.social
Astronomy & spaceflight weeb penguin. In a relationship w/ Space Shuttle Discovery. Starship x Space Launch System shipper. Chinese spaceflight news hunter.
View from the pad tower: x.com/thebestkirin...
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
View from the pad tower: x.com/thebestkirin...
LOL @djiglobal.bsky.social is using this launch to advertise their latest UAV... m.weibo.cn/detail/52398...
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
LOL @djiglobal.bsky.social is using this launch to advertise their latest UAV... m.weibo.cn/detail/52398...
Mission overview from LandSpace - some sharp-eyed Chinese spaceflight fan noticed the blurred out velocity-altitude diagram and has some interesting observations on the booster recovery trajectory, which I'm going to translate soon.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Mission overview from LandSpace - some sharp-eyed Chinese spaceflight fan noticed the blurred out velocity-altitude diagram and has some interesting observations on the booster recovery trajectory, which I'm going to translate soon.
State media has confirmed the outcomes as posted above (m.weibo.cn/detail/52397...), though LandSpace themselves still hasn't posted their official update.
Meanwhile here's the launch from another spectator's angle: m.weibo.cn/detail/52397...
Meanwhile here's the launch from another spectator's angle: m.weibo.cn/detail/52397...
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
State media has confirmed the outcomes as posted above (m.weibo.cn/detail/52397...), though LandSpace themselves still hasn't posted their official update.
Meanwhile here's the launch from another spectator's angle: m.weibo.cn/detail/52397...
Meanwhile here's the launch from another spectator's angle: m.weibo.cn/detail/52397...
...and the video you all are waiting for: birds-eye view of the ZQ-3 first stage's botched landing burn. It was *that* close you know, getting further than the first New Glenn booster did and around where SpaceX were for Falcon 9 in late 2014-early 2015!
m.weibo.cn/detail/52397...
m.weibo.cn/detail/52397...
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
...and the video you all are waiting for: birds-eye view of the ZQ-3 first stage's botched landing burn. It was *that* close you know, getting further than the first New Glenn booster did and around where SpaceX were for Falcon 9 in late 2014-early 2015!
m.weibo.cn/detail/52397...
m.weibo.cn/detail/52397...
Low-res drone view of the ZQ-3 launching:
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Low-res drone view of the ZQ-3 launching:
Well...apparently no landing of booster today. But they apparently got pretty close!
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Well...apparently no landing of booster today. But they apparently got pretty close!