Chapitre 66: Chapter 64 S700_1

The New Yuan-2 prototype rocket was transported to Qiongzhou Launch Site, a spectacle so grand that it couldn't be hidden from the public, essentially announcing the birth of another heavy rocket.

The New Yuan-2 marks several historical firsts:

Asia's first heavy rocket with a liftoff weight exceeding 1000 tons;

Asia's first rocket (since Russia currently lacks the capacity to produce heavy rockets);

Asia's first rocket to use a liquid oxygen and methane engine;

Asia's largest core stage diameter rocket (not counting the Proton Rocket's core stage);

The world's first practical large thrust liquid oxygen and methane engine, the M220;

The most powerful rocket owned by a private space company in the world;

The heaviest recoverable launch vehicle in the world;

The world's first recoverable rocket to use grid fins for support during recovery;

...