Zhuque-2
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Zhuque-2 is a Chinese medium-class orbital launch vehicle developed by LandSpace. It is a liquid-fuelled rocket powered by liquid oxygen and liquid methane and was the first methane-fueled rocket to r
Rendering of Zhuque-2
Dumped methalox propellant from the upper stage of Zhuque-2E flight Y5, rendered visible by sunlight
Liquid rocket propellant
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The highest specific impulse chemical rockets use liquid propellants. They can consist of a single chemical or a mix of two chemicals, called bipropellants. Bipropellants can further be divided into t
Zhuque-2
…and liquid methane (methalox) and was the first methane-fueled rocket to reach orbit. Zhuque-2 has a liftoff weight of 216 tonnes and uses 4 TQ-12 methalox engines in the first stage, each with a thrust of 67 tonnes-force (660 kN). The second stage uses one vacuum-optimized TQ-12 with a thrust of 80…
Robert H. Goddard on March 16, 1926, holding the launching frame of the first liquid-fueled rocket