Sea Dragon was one of the proposals, led by American rocket engineer Robert Truax ... vehicle configuration tankage for full-scale work." Though the concept was a cool one, and could have been ...

By now, China has performed 15 sea-based launches, using four types of rockets: Long March 11, Smart Dragon 3, Ceres 1 and Gravity 1. This was the second space mission by China in 2025.

HAIYANG, 13 January (BelTA - Xinhua) - A Smart Dragon-3 rocket lifted ... 01 into the planned orbit. The rocket blasted off at 11 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the sea near the city of Haiyang.

SD-3 is a member of China's Dragon rocket family. It made its maiden flight in 2022 from a ship in the Yellow Sea. Unlike the Long March rockets, the country's backbone launch vehicles ...