Deep Blue Aerospace, a Chinese private space company, announced on October 12 that it had finished a 5-meter-diameter stainless steel fuel tank for its Nebula-2 rocket, the largest of its kind in China's private aerospace sector. Nebula-2 is a reusable rocket designed to carry up to 25 tonnes to low Earth orbit, with 11 Thunder-RS engines in its first stage. The company aims to reuse it more than 20 times and is developing a giant mechanical 'chopstick' system at the launch pad to catch the first stage, similar to SpaceX's Mechazilla, which caught a Super Heavy booster during Starship's fifth test flight. However, Deep Blue has only reported progress on components and has not yet caught a stage; second-stage propulsion tests are planned for late 2026, with the aim of lowering costs and increasing launch frequency.
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