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by TimSAstro 4072 days ago
tl;dr: A competitor to Virgin Galactic (space tourism) using what appears to be a more traditional booster rocket / parachute pod arrangement - except that the booster rocket self-lands after separation. Interesting to see another competitor in the space industry!
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The self-landing was not performed, it seems: no video coverage, no mention.

They plan the first stage to self-land, though.

It was intended to on this test, but it failed. Hydraulic issues (just like SpaceX!). No video, presumably because they thought a nice video of part of they system exploding would be bad press.