Demo Flight

Overview

Destination: Polar Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Polar Orbit Tianlong-3 Launch Pad Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

First test launch of Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 rocket.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • April 3, 2026, 6:29 a.m.

Launch failure.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 31, 2026, 7:01 a.m.

Delayed to April 3.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 30, 2026, 4:50 a.m.

Added tentative launch date and time per NOTAMs; Assignment of this launch to the launch listed in this launch window is highly uncertain.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 28, 2026, 12:25 p.m.

Reverted update due to high uncertainties with linking potential launch on March 30 with Tianlong-3.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 27, 2026, 3:27 p.m.

Updated launch date and time per NOTAMs; Assignment of this launch to the launch at the date and time listed is highly uncertain.


Tianlong-3

Family:
Configuration:

Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    2
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    72.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.8 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    4.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    600.0 T
  • Thrust
    8100.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Tianlong-3
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
    TL-3
  • Full Name
    Tianlong-3
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    17000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    10000.0 kg

Space Pioneer

Space Pioneer

(SP)

CEO: Kang Yonglai Founded: 2015 Successes: 1 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Space Pioneer is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Kang Yonglai.

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