Space Pioneer Advances Tianlong-3 With Nine-Engine Test | Aviation Week Network

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Chen Chuanren
September 17, 2025

State media Xinhua

Credit: State media Xinhua

China’s Space Pioneer completed the first-stage engine test of its Tianlong-3 rocket on Sept. 15, clearing a key milestone toward a planned debut flight by late 2025. The test, conducted on an offshore platform at the Haiyang Oriental Aerospace Port off Shandong Province, involved firing nine…

Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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