Space Pioneers Tianlong-3 TL-3 expected to perform first flight in Jun. It is designed as a partial reusable rocket with first stage reusable. It will skip hopping test and go straight for first stage recovery test in its first flight.
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Space Pioneers seem pretty ambitious, aiming to launch the Falcon-9 heavy equivalent TL-3H in 2026, and a manned VTHL TL-3M in 2028.
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Their TH-31 and TH-11 engine.
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China has a good number of private space firms aiming to launch Falcon-9 equivalent rockets. Space Pioneers and Landspace are the two front runner.
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Landspace's Zueque-3 also aim to launch its first flight in Jun this year if IIRC. It has perform a full scale hoping test of the first stage engines in Jan this year. The first flight will similarly attempt the recovery of the first stage.
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