CNSPACE(@CNSpaceflight):Chinese commercial firm SpaceLong is developing a 5m-diameter rocket, YiLong-1. Its reusable variant is designed to recover the payload fairing and first stage as a combined assembly, similar to Rocket Lab’s Neutron. The render appears to show 9 engines on the first stage. Further details are not yet available. Expendable debut is targeted for 2027, and the first tank sections were finished last month.

2026.11.06 17:26

Chinese commercial firm SpaceLong is developing a 5m-diameter rocket, YiLong-1. Its reusable variant is designed to recover the payload fairing and first stage as a combined assembly, similar to Rocket Lab’s Neutron. The render appears to show 9 engines on the first stage. Further details are not yet available. Expendable debut is targeted for 2027, and the first tank sections were finished last month.