Tianlong-2 Explained

Tianlong-2

Function:

Small-lift launch vehicle

Manufacturer:

Space Pioneer

Country-Origin:

China

Height:

^[1]

Stages:

Capacities:

Location:

SSO (500 km)

Family:

Tianlong

Comparable:

Kinetica 1

Status:

Active

Sites:

Jiuquan LS-120

Launches:

Success:

First:

2 April 2023

Stagedata:

Type:	stage
Stageno:	First
Engines:	3 × YF-102^[2]
Si:	275.3s

Type:	stage
Stageno:	Second
Si:	340.6s

Type:	stage
Stageno:	Third
Engines:	1 × TH-31

The Tianlong-2 is a small-lift launch vehicle developed by Space Pioneer, a private Chinese aerospace company. The rocket is a three-stage design that uses liquid oxygen and kerosene as its main propellants. Its initial low-Earth orbit capacity is 2 tons, which can be increased to 4 tons after future improvements.^[1]

Tianlong-2 successfully completed its maiden flight on April 2, 2023. It is China's first liquid rocket developed by a private enterprise and successfully put into orbit.^[1]

References

Web site: 天兵科技 . 2023-04-02 . 热烈庆祝天龙二号首飞成功开创我国商业航天新纪元 . Congratulations on the successful maiden flight of Tianlong-2, a new era of commercial spaceflight in China! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230403123242/https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/GLBgMD217IXgFTl83vclag . 2023-04-03 . 2023-04-02 . Weixin Official Accounts Platform . zh.
Web site: Krebs . Gunter Dirk . Tianlong-2 . 2024-06-28 . Gunter's Space Page.
Web site: Jones . Andrew . 2023-04-03 . China's Space Pioneer reaches orbit with liquid propellant rocket . 2024-06-27 . SpaceNews . en-US.

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