China testing its largest new space rocket

China is conducted tests on its largest and most powerful rocket the Long March 5, It will be launched at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre by Liu Tongjie Deputy head of lunar exploration and space programs at the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence .

About Long March 5:

• Long March 5, the nation’s next-generation heavy lift launch system, is nearly 57 metres high, with a diameter of 5 metres.
• With a liftoff weight of around 800 metric tons, it will have a maximum payload capacity of 25 metric tons in low Earth orbit and 14 tons in geosynchronous transfer orbit.
• T he rocket will use liquid oxygen or kerosene and liquid oxygen or liquid hydrogen as propellants for its engines.
• The Long March 5 will be used to launch large lunar probes and the manned space station that China plans to send into orbit around
• It will replace the Long March 2 and Long March 3 in commercial launch service.