LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Thu Jan 11 2018
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Beidou-3 M7 & M8

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(11:18 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(10:55 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(11:34 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: Navigation
  • The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is a Chinese satellite navigation system. It consists of two separate satellite constellations – a limited test system that has been operating since 2000, and a full-scale global navigation system that is currently under construction. Beidou-3 are the third generation of navigation satellites which are launched into medium Earth orbit.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Pad

Unknown Pad