China test fires ‘world’s largest, most hi-tech solid-fuel rocket engine’

Source: China – South China Morning PostChina says it fired up the world’s largest, most technically advanced solid-fuel rocket engine for the first time at a ground testing facility in the country’s northwest on Tuesday.The rocket’s 3.5-metre (11.5 feet) wide engine can generate 500 tonnes of thrust, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). That is more than four times as powerful as the liquid fuel engine on the Long March 5, the largest launch vehicle in China’s space programme at present.With…Read More

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