Chinese developer completes delivery of Liqing-2 rocket engine

Xinhua | Updated: 2025-02-07 09:54 BEIJING -- Delivery of China's liquid oxygen kerosene engine, named Liqing-2, has been completed, its developer CAS Space said on Thursday. Pin injection was applied in both the gas generator and thrust chamber of Liqing-2, the first stage engine of the company's Lijian series rockets. The engine thrust ratio ranges from 50 to 100 percent, CAS Space revealed, while adding that the ground thrust can reach 110 tonnes. As the main rockets used in China's commercial space industry, the Lijian-1 series has now launched a total of 57 satellites in the course of five flight missions.