Launch vehicle
Long March 3A
- Height
- 52.5 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 27
- First flight
- 1994-02-08
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Successful
Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei.
Long March 3A
Historical mission record
This page records Long March 3A | Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei. and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
The BD 1 (Beidou 1) satellites were the 1st phase of the chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system. The first phase uses only geostationary satellites, in contrast to GPS and GLONASS. This reduces the number of satellites, but limits the coverage to a less than hemispherical area. The basic constellation requires 3 satellites. The satellites are based on the DFH-3 Bus.
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 3A
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Programs
- BeiDou
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Launch site & orbit
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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