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The Tianlong-2 (simplified Chinese: 天龙二号; traditional Chinese: 天龍二號; pinyin: Tiānlóng Èrhào; lit. 'Heavenly Dragon 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]

Launches

Flight number Date (UTC) Payload Orbit Launch Site Outcome
Tianlong-2 Y1 2 April 2023, 08:48[3] Jinta (Ai Taikong Kexue) SSO Jiuquan LS-120 Success

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g 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!]. Weixin Official Accounts Platform (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  2. ^ a b c Krebs, Gunter Dirk. "Tianlong-2". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  3. ^ Jones, Andrew (2023-04-03). "China's Space Pioneer reaches orbit with liquid propellant rocket". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

Attributon: translated from zh:天龙二号运载火箭

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