China launches world’s first methane-powered rocket, leaving America behind

China Rocket Launching: China’s private space company has launched the world’s first such rocket, which is powered by methane. In this way, China also left behind the American company SpaceX, which is Elon Musk’s company. China’s private aerospace company Landspace successfully launched a rocket named Juke-2 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in the Gobi Desert on Wednesday morning. It has been successfully installed in the classroom. To achieve this feat, it has become the first rocket in the world to be powered entirely by methane and liquid oxygen.

SpaceX did not get success

Earlier this year, America’s Relativity Space Company’s Terran 1 and SpaceX Company’s Starship methane oxygen-powered rockets failed to reach orbit in their first attempt. Earlier, the Chinese company had launched a rocket named Juke-2 on December 14, but then it failed to get into orbit. But on Wednesday, China achieved this position in its second attempt.

Methane-powered engines with their high performance and low operating cost are particularly well suited to the developing trend of reusable rockets. The successful launch of Juke-2 this year is a major breakthrough for China’s private aerospace sector.

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