China’s new ‘super fuel’ could help Long March rockets increase payload by 10%

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China has developed a new 'super fuel' used in the Long March-12 rocket which boosted its payload capacity by 10%. The Beijing Aerospace Test Technology Research Institute developed this fuel as China expands its space ambitions with lunar missions and commercial satellites.

A Chinese Long March-12 rocket launched last week used a new super fuel that boosted the rocket’s payload capacity by 10 per cent, according to its developer. As China expands its role in space with a series of ambitious lunar missions and puts growing numbers of commercial satellites in orbit, demand for larger payloads is increasing. Instead of designing bigger, more expensive airframes, The Beijing Aerospace Test Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and...