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LAUNCH SITEJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
First launch of the Tianlong-2 and first launch for the Chinese private company Space Pioneer. It carried a dummy payload and the iTaikong Science cubesat to SSO for technology demonstration and public outreach Earth observation purposes.
- Launch vehicle
- Tianlong-2
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Area 120
- Provider
- Space Pioneer
The vehicle
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Launch vehicle
Tianlong-2
Tianlong-2 is a medium-sized, 3 stage rocket powered by RP-1 and liquid oxygen, with payload capability of 2 tonnes to LEO and 1.5 tonnes to SSO. Tianlong-2 has a liftoff weight of 150 tonnes, liftoff thrust of 190 tonnes and initially uses 3 YF-102 expander cycle RP-1/LOX engines on the first stage each with a thrust of 63.3 metric tonnes. The second stage uses 1 TH-11 staged combustion RP-1/LOX with a thrust of 30.6 metric tonnes. 7 TH-11 engines will be used for the 1st stage of subsequent vehicles. The third stage uses 1 TH-31 NTO/MMH hypergolic fuel engine with 3000 N thrust and 8 x 150 N RCS thrusters. The Tianlong-2 is the first Chinese RP-1-fueled private orbital rocket to attempt an orbital flight.
- Height
- 32.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 1
- First flight
- 2023-04-02
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Launch site & orbit
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Chinese Space Pioneer Tianlong-2 rocket maiden launch, 2 April 2023 (Launch Campaign Overview) ↗Further reading
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