{"id":151832,"date":"2023-07-15T11:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T06:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=151832"},"modified":"2023-07-15T11:59:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T06:29:07","slug":"china-launches-worlds-first-methane-fuelled-space-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/china-launches-worlds-first-methane-fuelled-space-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches world\u2019s first methane-fuelled space rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>China launches world\u2019s first methane-fuelled space rocket:<\/strong> A\u00a0private Chinese company\u00a0has launched the\u00a0world\u2019s first methane-liquid oxygen space rocket into orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zhuque-2 carrier rocket blasted off at 9am local time (01:00 GMT) on Wednesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China\u2019s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and \u201ccompleted the flight mission according to the procedure\u201d, state media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/daily-current-affairs-and-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz: July 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;rocket successfully delivered a test payload into sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), the first in the world to make such an achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Methane-powered engines, with their high performance and low operational costs, are particularly suited for the developing trend of reusable rockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China launches world\u2019s first methane-fuelled space rocket: A\u00a0private Chinese company\u00a0has launched the\u00a0world\u2019s first methane-liquid oxygen space rocket into orbit. 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