Chinese company becomes first to launch methane rocket to orbit

This time around, Zhuque-2 reached orbit empty-handed, with no payloads aboard the 162-foot-tall rocket. The Beijing-based Landspace declared that the rocket’s second mission was a “complete success.” The U.S.

Space Force independently confirmed that Zhuque-2 reached orbit, tracking an object consistent with the rocket’s launch, astrophysicist Jonathan McDowellZhuque-2, which translates to Vermillion Bird-2, is equipped with gas generator engines capable of producing 243 metric tons of thrust. The rocket can carry payloads weighing as much as 6 metric tons to low Earth orbit, or a reduced 4 metric ton payload capacity to a Sun-synchronous orbit, according to Landspace.

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