# Space Pioneer (Tianbing Technology): space company profile

> Space Pioneer (Tianbing Technology): Chinese commercial launch company (Beijing Tianbing Technology) developing the partially reusable Tianlong-3 medium-lift rocket, whose maiden flight from Jiuquan failed on 3 April 2026. Reuters reported in April 2026 that it had raised nearly 2.5 billion yuan (about $363 million) six months earlier.

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## Profile facts

- Name: Space Pioneer (Tianbing Technology)
- What it does: Chinese commercial launch company (Beijing Tianbing Technology) developing the partially reusable Tianlong-3 medium-lift rocket, whose maiden flight from Jiuquan failed on 3 April 2026. Reuters reported in April 2026 that it had raised nearly 2.5 billion yuan (about $363 million) six months earlier. (SpaceNexus profile description)
- Sector: launch
- Headquarters: CN
- Status: active
- Ownership: private
- Publicly traded: no
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: not recorded

## Funding

- Raised privately: $29.4M (7 private rounds on record (6 with no stated amount, counted but not added). Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)
- Last Round: Equity round (Jul 2026)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-07 | equity | $29.4M | 横店资本 (Hengdian Capital) | [Eastmoney (People's Financial News)](https://finance.eastmoney.com/a/202607073796794958.html) |
| 2025-10-09 | Pre-D and D | undisclosed | - | [Eastmoney](https://finance.eastmoney.com/a/202510093529751135.html) |
| 2023-10-31 | equity | undisclosed | - | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/chinas-space-pioneer-raise-funding-for-its-falcon-9-class-rocket/) |
| 2023-07-06 | Series C | undisclosed | 博裕投资 (Boyu Capital) | [36Kr](https://www.36kr.com/p/2331242277799433) |
| 2020-12-25 | Series A+ | undisclosed | 国科投资 (Guoke Investment, Chinese Academy of Sciences) | [36Kr](https://www.36kr.com/newsflashes/1025722140706823) |
| 2020-09-16 | Series A | undisclosed | 浙大联创 (ZJU Joint Innovation) | [36Kr](https://www.36kr.com/newsflashes/883934740218882) |
| 2020-04-13 | Pre-A | undisclosed | 浙大联创 (ZJU Joint Innovation Investment) | [36Kr](https://www.36kr.com/newsflashes/663086618682754) |
| 2019-08-13 | Angel+ | undisclosed | 英诺天使 (Innoangel Fund) | [36Kr](https://www.36kr.com/newsflashes/3279739338753) |
| 2019-06-04 | Angel | undisclosed | 清研陆石 (Qingyan Lushi) | [36Kr](https://www.36kr.com/newsflashes/3279591931905) |

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## Space Score

- Score 430 of 1000.
- Not ranked: Only 44% of applicable weight is backed by data; 50% is needed to rank.
- 3 of 7 inputs measured, insufficient data, 44% of applicable pillar weight backed by data; measured 2026-10-16 02:10 UTC.
- Scale (38% of this total): not measured; counted at the roster median, 45; not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
- Government space demand (20% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Capital access (19% of this total): 71 of 100
- Momentum (19% of this total): not measured; counted at the roster median, 50; not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
- Flight record (25% of this total): 15 of 100
- Every input, value and percentile: [breakdown](https://spacenexus.us/rankings/space-score-methodology?company=space-pioneer#breakdown)
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
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## Operations

- Open roles on the SpaceNexus jobs board: 0

## Sources

- [SpaceNexus company database](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles): profile facts, with the verification date above
- Each funding round's cited source: SEC filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round
- Federal award records: contract awards

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