LAUNCH CENTER

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Sat Jul 25 2015
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

BDS-3 M1 & BDS-3 M2

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(12:29 PM UTC)

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(12:29 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(12:29 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Long March 3B/YZ-1

Description:

The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.

Long March 3B/YZ-1 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System will be a global satellite navigation system consisting of 35 satellites. Resolution of the BeiDou system has been reported to be as high as 0.5 metres.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Pad

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)