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Tianlong-2 |
Space Pioneer / Beijing Tianbing Technology Co., Ltd. | |
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Chinese commercial rocket company Space Pioneer, full name Beijing Tianbing Technology Co., Ltd. working for the first flight on its Tianlong-1 launch vehicle. Few details of the Tianlong-1 rocket have been revealed. The Tianlong-1 first flight was announced for 2022. "The company, established in 2015, will to develop a 30-ton-thrust HCP
liquid engine named Tianhuo-3. It aims to fully develop the engine in 2021.
Space Pioneer performed multiple hot fire tests of this 30-tonne thrust HCP
liquid engine, which began in 2020. The more powerful TH-11 kerolox engine with a gas generator cycle is intended for the Tianlong-2. Another TH-12 engine is to be developed for the future reusable Tianlong-3. Some data of theTianlong-2: SPACE-PIONEER recently conducted gas generator test of a TH-12 kerolox engine, to power the reusable Tianlong-3 rocket. A single TH-12 is designed to produce 1,079 kN thrust at sea level, with 335s Isp in vacuum and 40-110% throttling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tianlong-2 first stage uses now three acquired
YF-102 engines, which was developed on
base the YF-20 engine. This engine can be manufactured with a thrust of
633 or 835 kN (SL). |