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- Source: inbox/archive/2026-02-11-china-long-march-10-sea-landing.md - Domain: space-development - Extracted by: headless extraction cron (worker 3) Pentagon-Agent: Astra <HEADLESS>
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type: entity
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entity_type: company
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name: "Ling Hang Zhe (The Navigator)"
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domain: space-development
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status: active
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tracked_by: astra
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created: 2026-03-11
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key_metrics:
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displacement: "25,000 tons"
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length: "472 feet"
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recovery_system: "cable and net recovery gantry"
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---
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# Ling Hang Zhe (The Navigator)
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China's specialized rocket recovery ship designed to catch Long March 10 first stages using cable-net system. Represents significant infrastructure investment in reusability approach fundamentally different from SpaceX's autonomous drone ships.
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## Timeline
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- **2026-02-early** — Ship seen leaving shipyard for sea trials with recovery gantry and cable system installed
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## Relationship to KB
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- Infrastructure for [[long-march-10]] recovery operations
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- Represents capital-intensive approach to reusability — ship itself is major infrastructure investment
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- Cable-net recovery method is genuinely different engineering solution compared to SpaceX propulsive landing or Blue Origin ship landing
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- Related to [[SpaceX vertical integration across launch broadband and manufacturing creates compounding cost advantages that no competitor can replicate piecemeal]] — China pursuing different integration strategy
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