China's Space Pioneer founder, Kang Yonglai, says 'the rocket will become the pillar of the country's commercial launch market.'
As a point of reference, it took SpaceX four attempts to reach orbit with its Falcon 1 rocket, and itsspun out of control on its first orbital launch attempt in April. It was manually terminated before it could reach the required altitude.
If the debut launch of TL 3 is as successful as the first launch of Tianlong-2, then Space Pioneer will aim to launch TL 3 another two times in the second half of 2024. Then, the plan would be to launch TL 3 a further 12 times in 2025. A variation, called the TL 3H, will be 88 meters tall , will have two side boosters, and will be able to carry 68 tons of payload to low-Earth orbit or 42 tons into a sun-synchronous orbit.
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