China Moon power rocket March-5

Post date: Jul 26, 2010 5:35:08 PM

Moon Race for Fusion Fuel ?

March-5 Test 2012, fly 2014

Long March 5 rocket would be ready for testing in 2012 and a year later, test firing of fully assembled rocket stages would be conducted.

March-5 same power like US Saturn-5 moon rocket

March-5: 25t payload ISS or 14t satellites

When operational, Long March-5 is expected to deliver up to 25 tonnes of payload, including space station modules to the low Earth orbit, and up to 14 tonnes to the so-called geostationary transfer orbit, where most communications satellites are released after launch.

Unmanned missions to the Moon

China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)

source: bbc.co.uk

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