China launches an environmentally friendly rocket into space

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - As part of its policy aimed at reducing the volume of polluting smoke emissions, China has succeeded in launching a new type of rocket whose movement depends on environmentally friendly fuel, as its movement depends on a mixture of liquid oxygen and aviation fuel.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The &quot;Long March 6&quot; rocket, equipped with a liquid propulsion engine, was launched from a base located in the &quot;northern Shanxi&quot; province on Friday morning, carrying 20 &quot;small&quot; satellites, according to the New China News Agency.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> China&#39;s space programme, which may have military applications, is shrouded in secrecy. The government indicated in 2011 that the &quot;Long March 6&quot; missile is capable of carrying a payload of one ton and can put satellites into orbit at a distance of up to 700 km. Among Beijing&#39;s ambitious goals in the field of space conquest is to send a probe to Mars within the year 2020, to establish a permanent orbital station around 2022, and to send a manned mission to the moon after 2025.</p>