While SpaceX's rocket is powered by 33 Raptor engines with 280 tons of thrust, the Long March 9 will have 30 YF-215 engines with 200 tons of thrust. Both engines use methane and liquid oxygen as fuel.

China plans to launch the heavy-lift carrier rocket Long March-9 in 2028, said an official of China National Space Administration (CNSA) at the World Conference on Science Literacy 2018 on Tuesday. Li ...

The Long March 9 is slated to be ready for a test flight around 2030, with Long adding that progress on the project includes successful forging of 10-meter-diameter alloy rings and breakthroughs ...

Long March 9 First Stage Rocket is Fully Reusable Too. It was revealed that this two-stage Long March 9 will also have one fully reusable rocket configuration for its first stage, powered by 30 YF ...

CASC has already made progress in testing even larger, more powerful new engines for the first and second stages of the Long March 9, meaning the new test is another step forward toward China ...

Long March 9 may be the rocket that runs the new space race for China. Both China and the US have their eyes set on the Moon's southern polar region , where water ice is believed to be accessible ...

The Long March 9 is slated to be ready for a test flight around 2030, with Long adding that progress on the project includes successful forging of 10-meter-diameter alloy rings and breakthroughs ...

The Long March 9 was announced in 2016 as a big but pretty typical rocket, but the design has morphed over the years to borrow traits from SpaceX's in-development Starship.