Mission record
Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M7 & M8
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
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:18:04 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5709 ever
Mission
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.
Deployed payloads · 2