China Conducts Successful Static Firing Test Of XZY-1 Verification Rocket

HAIYANG, Shandong, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) — China’s XZY-1 verification rocket has conducted a successful static firing test at the Haiyang Oriental Aerospace Port in east China’s Shandong Province. The XZY-1 rocket was developed by Beijing Jianyuan Technology Co., Ltd., which is also known as Space Epoch. It is China’s first medium-lift launch vehicle with a stainless steel rocket body that is powered by liquid oxygen-methane engines and recoverable after ocean splashdown. The test involved full-power static firing that lasted 20 seconds, during which its 70-tonne-class liquid oxygen-methane engine was ignited and operated as scheduled. The success of the test confirmed the operational reliability of the entire rocket system and verified the performance of Space Epoch’s self-developed test stand, which has an elevated steel structure and a water-cooled flow guide.