BEIJING (PTI): China said it has completed a successful ground test on the power system of the country's next-generation carrier rocket for its ambitious space programme expected to begin early next year.
Scientists test-fired the engines of Long March-5, which uses non-toxic and no-polluting liquefied propellant, on a ground facility to test "coordination and reliability" of the power system, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) said on Monday.
The Long March-5 rockets, designed for the final chapter of China's three-step - orbiting, landing and returning - lunar programme, and for the launches of future space stations will have a payload capacity of 25 tonnes to low Earth orbits, or 14 tonnes to geostationary transfer orbit.
A test flight for Long March-5 has been scheduled in 2016 from China's Hainan province, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted SASTIND as saying.
SASTIND is a civilian ministry within the State Council, China's cabinet. It is a subordinate agency of the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the superseding agency of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND).
China tests new carrier rocket's power system
Article Posted on : - Feb 10, 2015
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