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Space Pioneer

China · Commercial · EST. 2015

Space Pioneer is a commercial launch operator based in China, founded in 2015. It has flown 2 launches under its own name. 1 succeeded and 1 failed, a success rate of 50.0%. It has nothing on the schedule we can see right now.

SourceLAUNCH LIBRARY 2
Window reaches2039-12-31 00:00:00Z
Page generated2026-11-11 07:57:14Z

Flight record

Launch statistics

ON RECORD
Total launches2
Successful1
Failed1
Success rate50.0%
Consecutive successes0
Scheduled0
AdministratorCEO: Kang Yonglai
Founded2015

These are launches under SP’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.

Operator or customer

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, SP is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.

Manifest role

NONE FILED
Flying as operator0
Named as customer0
Window reaches2039-12-31 00:00:00Z
Scheduled (register total)0

No scheduled flight names SP with someone else flying it.

How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.

About SP

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

Upcoming launches

Manifest

EMPTY

SP has nothing on the schedule we can see, which runs to 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. Its missions show up here once a launch date is published.

All upcoming launches

The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.

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Common questions

How many launches has Space Pioneer flown?
Space Pioneer has flown 2 launches under its own name. 1 succeeded and 1 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.
What is Space Pioneer's success rate?
50.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 2 attempts.
When is Space Pioneer's next launch?
Space Pioneer has nothing on the schedule EveryLaunch can see, which runs to 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z.
Does Space Pioneer fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?
Space Pioneer has flown 2 launches under its own name. It isn't the operator on any scheduled flight we can see. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.
Where is Space Pioneer based?
China. Launch Library lists it as a commercial operator, founded in 2015.