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 M15 & M16

Name: Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M15 & M16
Start: 2018-10-15T04:23:04+00:00
End: 2018-10-15T04:42:00Z
Location: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Orbit: MEO·Type: Navigation

Mission Elapsed Time (MET)

T+ 2942d 03:25:15Mon, 15 Oct 2018 04:23:04 GMT

Launch Successful

Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M15 & M16 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 M15 & M16

Target liftoff time (UTC)

04:23:04 UTC

Monday, 15 October 2018

Planned T-0 liftoff

04:05:00 UTCWindow open

04:23:04 UTCPlanned ignition

04:42:00 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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