Launch Vehicle
Tianlong-3
activeReusable
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Specifications
- Status
- active
- Height
- 72 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Mass
- 600,000 kg
- Stages
- 3
- Thrust
- 8,100 kN
- Payload to LEO
- 17,000 kg
- First flight
- 2026-04-03
- Total launches
- 1
- Success / Fail
- 0 / 1
Tianlong-3 is a medium-lift orbital launch vehicle developed by the Chinese private aerospace manufacturer Space Pioneer. It is designed to be partially reusable, with the first stage capable of performing an autonomous vertical landing and being reused up to 10 times. Tianlong-3 is part of Space Pioneer's efforts to develop low-cost, reusable launch vehicles to compete in the growing commercial launch market. It aims to provide launch services for medium-sized payloads to low Earth orbit (LEO) and sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).