China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation/Long March 3B/YZ-1·Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M11 & M12

Name: Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M11 & M12
Start: 2018-08-24T23:52:04+00:00
End: 2018-08-25T00:50:00Z
Location: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Orbit: MEO·Type: Navigation

Mission Elapsed Time (MET)

T+ 2993d 09:36:40Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:52:04 GMT

Launch Successful

Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M11 & M12 mission image

Vehicle: Long March 3B/YZ-1Credit: CASC · Launch Library 2

These two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.

Target orbit: MEO · Medium Earth Orbit
Mission type: Navigation
Payload: Beidou-3 M11 & M12

Target liftoff time (UTC)

23:52:04 UTC

Friday, 24 August 2018

Planned T-0 liftoff

23:08:00 UTCWindow open

23:52:04 UTCPlanned ignition

00:50:00 UTCWindow close

Rocket family: Long March
Height: 54.8m
Diameter: 3.4m
Payload to LEO: 11,500kg
Liftoff thrust: 5,923kN
Stages: 0 (optional 3rd)

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