CHINA-S&T: CHINA AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (CASC) CLAIMED TWO BREAKTHROUGHS IN AEROSPACE POWER SYSTEMS IN ONE DAY
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The Global Times (November 5) said that the China Aerospace Science and Technology
Corporation (CASC) claimed two breakthroughs in China's aerospace power systems within
one day. The CASC Sixth Academy on November 5 successfully completed the first test of the
country's self-developed largest-thrust vacuum liquid rocket engine which carries a maximum
thrust of 500 tons after nearly 10 years of research and development, representing a significant
breakthrough in key technologies. It quoted CASC as saying the success of the first test marks
a milestone in the construction of China's aerospace industry. The CASC also successfully
completed another test for the first time for the country's largest-thrust vacuum liquid oxygenmethane engine with a maximum thrust of 80 tons, which is reusable, low-cost and highperforming.
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