Chinese methane-powered rocket launches satellites into orbit
中国甲烷动力火箭将卫星送入轨道
Success of LandSpace Technology’s Zhuque-2 Y-3 could boost investor confidence in methane as a potential rocket fuel.
Beijing-based LandSpace Technology’s Zhuque-2 Y-3 carrier rocket blasted off at 7:39am on Saturday (11:39 GMT on Friday) from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s Inner Mongolia region, becoming the first methane-powered rocket to succeed in lifting satellites.
The methane-liquid oxygen rocket is also deemed to be less polluting, safer, cheaper and a suitable propellant for a reusable rocket.
7月12日，中国民营航天企业蓝箭航天的朱雀二号遥二火箭从酒泉卫星发射中心点火升空，发射任务取得圆满成功，成为世界上首款成功将载荷送入预定轨道的液氧甲烷火箭，标志着近年热门的“液氧甲烷潮流”向着实用化迈出了坚实的第一步。
