CASC Long March 3B/YZ-1 BDS-3 M1 & BDS-3 M2
Long March 3B/YZ-1
Status
Success
Date
25 JUL 2015
12:29
Launch Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission Overview
The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System will be a global satellite navigation system consisting of 35 satellites. Resolution of the BeiDou system has been reported to be as high as 0.5 metres.
Rocket
Long March 3B/YZ-1
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Medium Earth Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Rocket Details
The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.
Height
54.8 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Launch Mass
425 T
Thrust
5,923 kN