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Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M1 & M2
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Successful

Beidou-3 M1 & M2

Long March 3B/YZ-1

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This page records Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M1 & M2 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

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. Two Beidou Navigation Satellite will be launched atop of a Long March 3B (CZ-3B) from Xichang Satellite Launch Center to medium Earth orbit.

Launch vehicle
Long March 3B/YZ-1
Mission type
Navigation
Destination orbit
Medium Earth Orbit
Launch pad
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Programs
BeiDou

The vehicle

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Long March 3B/YZ-1
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

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Launch site & orbit

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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