The Long March-5 has a payload capacity of 25 tonnes in low Earth orbit and 14 tonnes in geostationary orbit. The liquid-fuel rocket uses liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen and lox kerosene as fuel and will improve China’s space entering capabilities by 2.5 times. The rocket is planned to carry the Chang’e-5 lunar probe in 2017 and will be used to launch China’s space station modules and Mars probes.

CAS news release, August 29, 2016

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