Vehicle: Long March 3B/YZ-1Credit: CASC · Launch Library 2
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. Beidou-3 are the third generation of navigation satellites which are launched into medium Earth orbit.
- Target orbit
- MEO · Medium Earth Orbit
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Payload
- Beidou-3 M7 & M8