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Beidou-3 M26 & M28
Long March 3B/YZ-1
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This page records Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M26 & M28 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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LAUNCH SITEXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
These two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 3B/YZ-1
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Destination orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Programs
- BeiDou
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Long March 3B/YZ-1
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.
- Height
- 54.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 15
- First flight
- 1996-02-14
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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