"The Sea Dragon concept has been developed assuming that space transportation economy will result if launch vehicles are used that are very large, simple, and reusable, even if payload-to-liftoff ...

The Sea Dragon, a 490-foot behemoth, would have been built of inexpensive steel and launched from the sea, minimizing ground infrastructure.

HAIYANG, Shandong, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket lifted off on Monday in east China's Shandong Province, sending the satellite group CentiSpace 01 into the planned orbit.

On Monday, 13 January 2025, the Smart Dragon-3 carrier rocket lifted off from the waters near Haiyang, Shandong Province, delivering ten CentiSpace-01 satellites into their designated orbits.

A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the satellite group CentiSpace 01 blasts off from the sea near the city of Haiyang in east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 13, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] A Smart Dragon ...

A Smart Dragon 3 rocket lifts off in East China's Shandong province, sending the satellite group CentiSpace 01 into the planned orbit, Jan 13, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China launched a Smart Dragon 3 ...