by David Todd | Jun 26, 2019 | China, Launches, Military space
At 1809 GMT a Long March 3B-G2 sent the Beidou-3 IGSO-2 (aka Beidou DW46) into initial transfer orbit of 35818 x 194 km at 28.6 degrees inclination from the Xichang launch site in China. The navigation satellite is expected to be moved to its final circular...
by David Todd | Apr 24, 2019 | China, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
China launched another satellite as part of its Beidou navigation satellite constellation at 1441 GMT on 20 April 2019. The launch from the Xichang launch site used a Long March 3B/G2 launch vehicle to send the CAST-built Beidou 3-I1Q on a geosynchronous transfer...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 19, 2018 | China, Constellation, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
At 1800 GMT, 17 November 2018, another Long March 3B/YZ-1 (CZ 3B/YZ-1) lifted-off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, PRC, carrying two satellites to MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) for the Beidou constellation. This mission marks the 33rd launch of the year for China...
by David Todd | Aug 28, 2018 | China, Launches
A Long March 3B/YZ-1 (CZ-3B/YZ-1) rocket was successfully launched from the Xichang launch site at 2352 GMT on 24 August 2018. The launch carried two Beidou navigation satellites, Beidou-3 M11-S and Beidou-3 M12-S, into a 55 degree inclined Medium Earth Orbit 21,000...
by Matt Wilson | Jul 30, 2018 | China, Constellation, Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
Lifting off at 0140 GMT, 29 July, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China, a Long March-3B/Y1 (CZ-3B/Y1) rocket carried two BEIDOU satellites in to orbit. The two units, BEIDOU-3M5/-3M6, form part of the indigenous Chinese Beidou...
