OREANDA-NEWS. February 18, 2011. The First Five-meter Diameter Test Tank Carrier Rocket of the First Generation of Chinese Carrier Rocket Successfully Rolled Off the Production Line. Recently, 211 Factory of the First Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation  completed the erecting welding of the first five-meter diameter static test tank of the first generation carrier rocket, reported the press-centre of Genertec.

The tank, made by girth welding general assembly system developed by a subsidiary of Genertec, will go through hydraulic pressure test this March.

The tank is the first triable tank of the first generation carrier rocket.