China successfully tests LOX/kerosene engine

China successfully tested its new 120-tonne-thrust Liquid OXygen (LOX) and kerosene engine for its new generation carrier rocket– the Long March-5. The engine: · High-performance · High-pressure staged combustion cycle engine · Non-toxic · Pollution-free · Highly reliable Powerful than the 75-tonne-thrust engine used in the launch of Shenzhou spacecraft, the institute said. China comes ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012

Topics: Combustion • Engines • Liquid-propellant rocket • Raptor • Rocket engine • Rocket engines • Rocket propulsion • Rocketry • Spacecraft propulsion • Staged combustion cycle