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A reusable design of the super heavy-lift Long March 9:
D11m 1st stage with 26 200-ton thrust LOX/Methane engines
D11m 2nd stage with 4 120-ton thrust LOX/LH2 engines
D7.5m 3rd stage with 1 120-ton thrust LOX/LH2 engine
Length: 111m
Mass: 4122 ton
LTO: 50t
LEO: 150t
#CZ9
D11m 1st stage with 26 200-ton thrust LOX/Methane engines
D11m 2nd stage with 4 120-ton thrust LOX/LH2 engines
D7.5m 3rd stage with 1 120-ton thrust LOX/LH2 engine
Length: 111m
Mass: 4122 ton
LTO: 50t
LEO: 150t
#CZ9
The slide is from a presentation by Long Lehao, former chief designer of Long March rockets. Other designs of 2-stage reusable LOX/Methane rockets
In the future, Long March 7A will be redesigned to cover the capacity of the current #CZ6/7/8, by removing the current 2nd stage. 1st stage will be taller, upper stage uses 1 YF-75E engine.
