北京天兵科技有限公司
Space Pioneer (Beijing Tianbing Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese aerospace company established in 2019 that focuses on developing reusable orbital rocket technology, including launch vehicles and liquid rocket engines. They aim to provide low-cost space launch services and meet the launch demands for projects like the Chinese national satellite internet and resupply missions to the Tiangong space station. Space Pioneer's key products include the Tianlong series of rockets (TL-2 and TL-3), and their customers potentially include the CNSA and commercial satellite companies. The company is also developing rocket engines such as the Tianhuo series.
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Space Pioneer currently says Tianlong-3 can deliver 17,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit with first-stage reuse.
Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 is a partially reusable two-stage launch vehicle.
Space Pioneer currently says Tianlong-3 can deliver 17,000 kilograms to sun-synchronous orbit when expended.
Space Pioneer has a contract to demonstrate the ability to launch Qianfan satellites in early 2026.
Space Pioneer completed commissioning of a thirty-six satellite group processing facility at Jiuquan in February.
Space Pioneer and Genesat published news of successful tests with large Qianfan-like satellite deployment mechanisms around the time Tianlong-3 arrived at the launch site.
Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 is capable of placing up to 17,000 kilograms into sun-synchronous orbit.
In August of last year, Space Pioneer and LandSpace were contracted by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies to prove capability to launch at least one Qianfan satellite group by the end of March.
Deployments of Qianfan spacecraft in 2026 are contracted to launch on providers including LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 and Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 and on state-owned launch solutions.
Other launch vehicles using the YF-102 engine include CAS Space’s Kinetica-1, Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-2, and the China Aerospace Science and Technology Commercial Launch Vehicle Group’s soon-to-debut Long March 12B.
Contracted launch provider Space Pioneer completed a dedicated payload integration facility at Jiuquan to support launching thirty-six satellites at once.
Space Pioneer hopes to launch the Tianlong 3 before the Chinese New Year.
Space Pioneer plans to introduce the TL 3 launch vehicle in the near term.
Tianlong-3 is a partially reusable two-stage launch vehicle developed by Space Pioneer.
Space Pioneer conducted a successful 35-second static fire of Tianlong-3’s first-stage TH-12 engines in September 2025 that verified coordinated operation producing 840 tons of thrust.
Space Pioneer plans to support launches of Tianlong-3 from two planned launch pads at Jiuquan.
A second Tianlong-3 vehicle was undergoing intensive final assembly at Space Pioneer’s Zhangjiagang manufacturing facility in Jiangsu province in late 2025.
Since November 2025 Tianlong-3 has undergone pre-launch preparations at Space Pioneer’s facilities within the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Space Pioneer’s Zhangjiagang manufacturing facility can handle the final assembly of up to nine rockets simultaneously.
Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 launch vehicle was delivered to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in November 2025 and has shown no progress toward launch since that delivery.