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 strengthened the engine bay with 8 holding points at the lower ring.
Space Pioneer incorporated 4 cables at the top to hold down the rocket.
Space Pioneer aims to launch Tianlong-3 thirty times per year using two launch pads at Jiuquan in the coming years.
Space Pioneer performed a static fire of Tianlong-3’s first-stage booster on September 15, 2025 on a floating platform near Haiyang in Shandong province.
Space Pioneer completed the Tl-3 first stage hot-fire test after 442 days.
SPACE-PIONEER aims to attempt an orbital launch of Tianlong-3 by the end of the year.
Space Pioneer intends to resume efforts to test-fire Tianlong-3’s second stage on the same floating platform.
Space Pioneer verified the Tianlong-3 first-stage design during the static fire by loading propellants and using liquid nitrogen to pressurize the tanks.
Space Pioneer has doubled the holding points on the engine bay.
After Space Pioneer has sufficiently tested both stages according to its criteria, the full 72-meter-tall two-stage partially reusable Tianlong-31 will head to its dedicated launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a debut flight before the end of the year.
Space Pioneer intends to conduct the Tianlong-31 maiden flight before the end of 2025 after both stages meet company test criteria.
Space Pioneer plans to build the second launch pad at the John Stennis Space Center (JSLC).
Space Pioneer plans to move the fully tested Tianlong-31 two-stage partially reusable vehicle to a dedicated launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for its debut flight.
Space Pioneer was awarded a contract to support the Qianfan internet mega-constellation.
Space Pioneer has doubled the holding points on the engine bay.
On September 15, 2025 Space Pioneer performed a static fire of the Tianlong-3 first-stage booster on a floating platform near Haiyang, Shandong province.
The test stage for Space Pioneer is the flight stage, which will be refurbished and transported to JSLC.
Space Pioneer tested the thrust vector controls of 9 TH-12 engines for the Tianlong-3 launch vehicle.
SPACE-PIONEER completed the first static fire of Tianlong-3 on September 15.
Space Pioneer plans to build a second pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC).