Mission description
These two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
Launch index
Mission imagery · Long March 3B/YZ-1
Launch Successful
Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M23 & M24
September 22, 2019 at 9:10 PM UTC
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch details
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September 22, 2019 at 9:10 PM UTC
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Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 28.2455, 102.0268
- Rocket
- Long March 3B/YZ-1
- Launch probability
- -1%
- Window opens
- September 22, 2019 at 8:55 PM UTC
- Window closes
- September 22, 2019 at 9:35 PM UTC
- Feed updated
- June 14, 2023 at 3:53 AM UTC
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Long March 3B/YZ-1
Long March · B/YZ-1
Height
54.8 m
Diameter
3.35 m
LEO capacity
11,500 kg
Successful launches
15
Launch complex
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center is a spaceport in China. It is located in Zeyuan Town, northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan.
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