China completes rocket engine trialBy GLOBAL TIMESThe first 80-ton liquid-oxygen methane engine in China, named “Tianque” (TQ-12), completed successfully its trial test on Saturday, Landspace, an emerging private Chinese rocket company, told the Global Times. This marks the first successful test of a liquid rocket engine in China’s private aerospace industry, making Tianque the third liquid-oxygen methane engine to finish a full system trial test worldwide, following the SpaceX Raptor engine and the BE-4 engine from Blue Origin in the US. The Tianque engine was independently developed by Landspace. The engine was tested four times last week, with the longest test lasting 20 seconds. Global Times

Source: Manila Times May 19, 2019 17:03 UTC