China beats SpaceX with world’s first methane-powered rocket launch

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A private Chinese aerospace company has won the race to launch a giant rocket powered by methane and liquid oxygen. The Zhuque-2, a carrier rocket from LandSpace, blasted off at 9am on July 12, 2023, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert.