Tianlong-3

Active Re-Usable

Space Pioneer (SP)

April 3, 2026

Description

Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    2
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    72.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.8 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    4.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    600.0 T
  • Thrust
    8100.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Tianlong-3
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
    TL-3
  • Full Name
    Tianlong-3
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    17000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    10000.0 kg

Space Pioneer

Commercial
CEO: Kang Yonglai
SP 2015

Space Pioneer is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Kang Yonglai.

Tianlong-3 | Demo Flight

Space Pioneer | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 3, 2026, 4:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

First test launch of Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 rocket.

Polar Orbit
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