China’s Landspace Tests Methane Main Engine

Credit: TQ-12: Landspace
BEIJING—Private Chinese space launcher builder Landspace has tested a complete methane-burning space launch main engine, laying the groundwork for a move to higher thrust. Landspace said it fired a TQ-12 engine four times, meeting a target to run it for the first time this month. In the longest test...

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