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 M5 & M6

Name: Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M5 & M6
Start: 2018-07-29T01:48:04+00:00
End: 2018-07-29T02:07:00Z
Location: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Orbit: MEO·Type: Navigation

Mission Elapsed Time (MET)

T+ 3020d 07:48:54Sun, 29 Jul 2018 01:48:04 GMT

Launch Successful

Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M5 & M6 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 M5 & M6

Target liftoff time (UTC)

01:48:04 UTC

Sunday, 29 July 2018

Planned T-0 liftoff

01:32:00 UTCWindow open

01:48:04 UTCPlanned ignition

02:07:00 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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