The Zhuque-3 Y2 rocket lifted off at 7:35 a.m. from Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone in northwest China on Wednesday.

The land-based recovery of the rocket's first stage was completed as planned at the Zhuque-3 landing site in Minqin County, northwest China's Gansu Province.

It was China's first successful land-based controlled recovery of a rocket's first stage using deployable landing legs, highlighting a major breakthrough in the country's reusable rocket technology.