China completes three rocket engine ignition tests in single day
XI'AN, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- China successfully completed three ignition tests for liquid oxygen-kerosene engines on Sunday, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
This marks the first time that the country has conducted three ignition tests on two types of liquid oxygen-kerosene engines within a single day.
The tests were carried out by the Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology, a subsidiary of CASC, at a facility in the Baolongyu area of Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
The tests involved two 120-tonne liquid oxygen-kerosene rocket engines and one 18-tonne liquid oxygen-kerosene rocket engine.
（Editor:Liao Yifan）
