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Space Pioneer - The First Launch of the Tianlong-2 launch vehicle

 







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April 2, 2023

First Launch of the Tianlong-2 launch vehicle

The Tianlong-2 launch vehicle (天龙二号遥一, Tianlong-2 Y1) was successfully launched for the first time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China, on 2 April 2023, at 08:48 UTC (16:48 local time).

The First Launch of the Tianlong-2 launch vehicle

Tianlong-2 is a three-stage liquid-propellant (kerosene/liquid oxygen) launch vehicle developed by Beijing Tianbing Technology Co., Ltd., also known as Space Pioneer. According to Space Pioneer Tianlong-2 Y1 sent the “Love Space Science” remote sensing satellite into a 500-kilometre Solar-synchronous orbit.

Related link:

Space Pioneer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Pioneer
 
Image, Video, Text, Credits: China Central Television (CCTV)/Space Pioneer/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.

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