{"id":167251,"date":"2023-07-10T10:24:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T15:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/china-readies-for-second-launch-of-pioneering-methane-propelled-zq-2-rocket"},"modified":"2023-07-10T10:24:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T15:24:24","slug":"china-readies-for-second-launch-of-pioneering-methane-propelled-zq-2-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/china-readies-for-second-launch-of-pioneering-methane-propelled-zq-2-rocket","title":{"rendered":"China readies for second launch of pioneering methane-propelled ZQ-2 rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JtQxhcrguCg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s LandSpace is getting ready to launch its revolutionary ZQ-2 methane-powered rocket for the second time sometime this year.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese space tech company LandSpace is gearing up to launch its revolutionary methane-propelled rocket, the Zhuque-2 (ZQ 2), for the second time sometime this year. Scheduled to blast off from the company\u2019s launch facility in the Gobi Desert, the mission will deliver a satellite into space. LandSpace, widely considered China\u2019s answer to SpaceX, the launch is hoped to cement further the utility of using methane as a reliable next generation of rocket fuel.<\/p>\n<p>In December, the ZQ 2 rocket undertook its maiden flight at the Jiuquan center. The rocket successfully\u2026 More.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Landspace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s LandSpace is getting ready to launch its revolutionary ZQ-2 methane-powered rocket for the second time sometime this year. Chinese space tech company LandSpace is gearing up to launch its revolutionary methane-propelled rocket, the Zhuque-2 (ZQ 2), for the second time sometime this year. Scheduled to blast off from the company\u2019s launch facility in the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}