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Space Pioneer completed the Tl-3 first stage hot-fire test after 442 days.
Space Pioneer plans to build the second launch pad at the John Stennis Space Center (JSLC).
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 tested the thrust vector controls of 9 TH-12 engines for the Tianlong-3 launch vehicle.
Space Pioneer aims to launch Tianlong-3 thirty times per year using two launch pads at Jiuquan in the coming years.
Space Pioneer has doubled the holding points on the engine bay.
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 been attempting to fire the first stage of Tianlong-3 again, as well as the second stage for the first time.
Space Pioneer was awarded a contract to launch a batch of eighteen Qianfan satellites, with the potential for more launches in the future.
In February 2024, Space Pioneer declared it would perform Tianlong-3's debut flight in June 2024, followed by five more launches before the end of 2025.
Chairman Kang Yonglai of Space Pioneer attended a Provincial Party Committee meeting in Jiangsu province on September 8, 2024.
In June 2023, Space Pioneer attempted a test firing of the first stage of its Tianlong-3 launch vehicle at its Gonyi test facility in Henan province.
It can be concluded that Space Pioneer did not face a major legal crackdown at the state or provincial level following the June 2024 incident.
Space Pioneer plans to launch Tianlong-3 in 2025 after a 2024 static-fire test mishap in which a stage broke free of clamps and fell back to Earth.
Space Pioneer secured $207,000,000 in funding 2024.
Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 uses kerolox propellant, is comparable to Falcon 9 in launch capability, and plans a reusable first stage.
Space Pioneer experienced a Tianlong-3 first stage incident in June 2024 when the stage dramatically took off during a static fire test.
Space Pioneer’s planned first orbital launch of the Tianlong-3 rocket is in serious doubt following an unintentional catastrophic failure of its first stage during a static-fire test in late June 2024.
Space Pioneer described Tianlong-3 as comparable to Falcon 9 in launch capability and planning a reusable first stage.
Space Pioneer aims to launch 30 Tianlong-3 rockets per year.