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Liquid methane

Liquid methane

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Methane.

Rocket propellant

Refined liquid methane as well as LNG is used as a rocket fuel, when combined with liquid oxygen, as in the TQ-12, BE-4, Raptor, YF-215, and Aeon engines. Due to the similarities between methane and LNG such engines are commonly grouped together under the term methalox.