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 M17 & M18

Name: Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M17 & M18
Start: 2018-11-18T18:07:03+00:00
End: 2018-11-18T18:26:00Z
Location: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Orbit: MEO·Type: Navigation

Mission Elapsed Time (MET)

T+ 2907d 13:05:15Sun, 18 Nov 2018 18:07:03 GMT

Launch Successful

Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M17 & M18 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 M17 & M18

Target liftoff time (UTC)

18:07:03 UTC

Sunday, 18 November 2018

Planned T-0 liftoff

17:49:00 UTCWindow open

18:07:03 UTCPlanned ignition

18:26:00 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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