A China-made system for the recovery of carrier rocket boosters and fairings has entered the final stage of development, marking new progress in the country's spacecraft recovery technology.
The system was demonstrated at the third Innovation and Creativity Competition sponsored by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), which opened on Thursday in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province.
The system consists of multiple subsystems such as parachute, program control, and telemetry remote control. It mainly recovers the boosters and fairings that can be reused in rocket launches.
At present, this technology has ensured landing area control and parachute landing of rocket boosters, and the system has entered the final verification stage.
In addition to the spacecraft recovery system, a total of 60 new achievements related to aerospace technology were displayed at the innovation and creativity competition, such as space anti-radiation protective film and software radio frequency transceiver chip.