Published: 20:48, July 23, 2024
China verifies liquid hydrogen-oxygen engine of manned launch vehicle
By Xinhua
The crewed spaceship Shenzhou XIII, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gobi Desert, Oct 16, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

XI'AN — China has completed a long range test of a three-stage liquid hydrogen-oxygen engine for the new generation manned launch vehicle in a high-altitude simulation environment, according to the Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology.

The test confirms that China's liquid hydrogen-oxygen engine's high-altitude simulation test capacity has reached 1,000-seconds, which will assist the country to build its manned lunar exploration program.

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The test was conducted on a newly-built vertical high-altitude simulation test stand constructed by a research institute under the Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology. It is a high-altitude simulation test stand for hydrogen-oxygen engines with the world's longest test period.