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Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M1 & M2
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.
Mission type: Navigation · Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit
Rocket: Long March 3B/YZ-1 · Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch pad
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · View on map (opens in new tab)