BEIJING, July 30 (China Space News) — China on Sunday successfully conducted tests on its new 120-tonne-thrust liquid oxygen (LOX) and kerosene engine in the city of Xi’an in northwest China, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). <\/p>\n
The new engine was developed by Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology, a subsidiary of CASC. <\/p>\n
On Sunday, the new engine endured rotational tests of almost 20,000 revolutions per minute, and was exposed to temperatures of up to 3,000 degrees Celsius for 200 seconds. <\/p>\n
The new liquid oxygen (LOX) and kerosene engine is being designed for China’s planned Long March 5 rocket, which will be more powerful than the current Long March 2F rockets that have been used to launch a space lab test module and an astronaut crew on missions to test docking technologies in low-Earth orbit.<\/p>\n
The high-performance engine, which is the first kind of high-pressure staged combustion cycle engine for which China has proprietary intellectual property rights, is non-toxic, pollution-free and highly reliable.<\/p>\n
It also makes China the second country in the world, after Russia, to grasp the core technologies for an LOX\/kerosene high-pressure staged combustion cycle rocket engine.<\/p>\n
The more capable Long March 5 rocket is expected to help the country achieve its goal of constructing a space station in orbit by the year 2020, as well as play a key role in China’s future space exploration aims beyond low-Earth orbit. The rocket’s maiden launch is expected to occur in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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