Rocket file · LV-492
Tianlong-2
Tianlong-2 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Space Pioneer. It stands 32.8 m tall, lifts 2,000 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 2 April 2023. It has flown 1 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
About Tianlong-2
Tianlong-2 is a medium-sized, 3 stage rocket powered by RP-1 and liquid oxygen, with payload capability of 2 tonnes to LEO and 1.5 tonnes to SSO. Tianlong-2 has a liftoff weight of 150 tonnes, liftoff thrust of 190 tonnes and initially uses 3 YF-102 expander cycle RP-1/LOX engines on the first stage each with a thrust of 63.3 metric tonnes. The second stage uses 1 TH-11 staged combustion RP-1/LOX with a thrust of 30.6 metric tonnes. 7 TH-11 engines will be used for the 1st stage of subsequent vehicles. The third stage uses 1 TH-31 NTO/MMH hypergolic fuel engine with 3000 N thrust and 8 x 150 N RCS thrusters. The Tianlong-2 is the first Chinese RP-1-fueled private orbital rocket to attempt an orbital flight.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
There's no Tianlong-2 flight on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
All upcoming launchesTianlong-2 in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Tianlong-2 flown?
- 1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
- What is Tianlong-2's success rate?
- 100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
- When is the next Tianlong-2 launch?
- Tianlong-2 has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
- How much can Tianlong-2 lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 lists Tianlong-2 at 2,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
- Is Tianlong-2 reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Tianlong-2 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.