OREANDA-NEWS. August 14, 2012. China’s new 120-tonne liquid oxygen/jet fuel rocket engine passed test firing at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

4 fluorinated lubricants provided by Sinopec Lubricant Company for the rocket engine also successfully passed the test.

The new rocket engine lays a sound foundation for the first flight of China’s Long March V rocket in 2014 and subsequent manned space and lunar probe missions.