Mission record
Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M17 & M18
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Provider type
Government
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Navigation
Launch site
China
Date
Sun, 18 Nov 2018 18:07:03 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5801 ever
Mission
These two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
Deployed payloads · 2