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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.
Space Pioneer’s Zhangjiagang manufacturing facility can handle the final assembly of up to nine rockets simultaneously.
A journalist visited Space Pioneer’s assembly base on January 26, 2026.
Since November 2025 Tianlong-3 has undergone pre-launch preparations at Space Pioneer’s facilities within the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Space Pioneer plans to support launches of Tianlong-3 from two planned launch pads at Jiuquan.
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.
Tianlong-3 is a partially reusable two-stage launch vehicle developed by Space Pioneer.
A second Tianlong-3 vehicle was undergoing intensive final assembly at Space Pioneer’s Zhangjiagang manufacturing facility in Jiangsu province in late 2025.
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.
Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 had previously been expected to fly in December 2025.
Space Pioneer has compatible rocket TL-3.
Space Pioneer plans to have the maiden flight of the TL-3 rocket in 2025.
JNO simulated the Space Pioneer recovery system without grid fins and reaction control systems (RCSs).
Iceye CEO Rafal Modrzewski stated that the agreement marks Iceye's evolution from a New Space pioneer to a premier provider of mission-critical capabilities.
Space Pioneer patented a method to land a stage relying solely on the center engine's thrust vector control (TVC) without using reaction control systems (RCSs) or grid fins.
Five private launch firms—i-Space, Galactic Energy, Space Pioneer, LandSpace, and Orienspace—have successfully placed payloads into orbit using their own carrier rockets.
LandSpace, Galactic Energy, CAS Space, Space Pioneer, Yee Space, and MinoSpace have had their IPO counseling and filings accepted by local securities regulatory bureaus.
The Tianlong-3 rocket is developed by Space Pioneer.