Online-orders from China intend to be delivered on rockets

April 03, 2024 | 14:22 |6269

Chinese aerospace company Space Epoch intends to develop fast delivery of orders around the world using reusable rockets. For these purposes, it will cooperate with the online-store Taobao, which belongs to the Chinese holding Alibaba Group.

It is expected that such a rocket will be able to deliver up to 10 tons of cargo anywhere in the world in about an hour. The goods will be transported in a container with a volume of 120 cubic meters.

They want to take as a basis the Yuanxing-1 rocket under construction, ground tests of the engine of which were carried out last year.

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