Mission record
Long March 3A | Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei.
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Direct-GEO
Mission type
Navigation
Launch site
China
Date
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:02:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4438 ever
Mission
The BD 1 (Beidou 1) satellites were the 1st phase of the chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system. The first phase uses only geostationary satellites, in contrast to GPS and GLONASS. This reduces the number of satellites, but limits the coverage to a less than hemispherical area. The basic constellation requires 3 satellites. The satellites are based on the DFH-3 Bus.