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Launch SuccessfulChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Long March 3B / YZ-1: Beidou-3 M15 & M16
These two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
Monday, 15 October 201804:23 UTC
Mission Data
🇨🇳China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationEst. 1999
Launch VehicleLong March 3B/YZ-1
Vehicle FamilyLong March
Vehicle Record15 of 15 launches (100%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record606 successes / 16 failures (97%)
Success Streak13 consecutive
ProgramBeiDou · Navigation Constellation
Mission TypeNavigation
Target OrbitMedium Earth Orbit
Launch PadLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Location🇨🇳 Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China CHN
Orbital Launches This Year#79
Agency Launches This Year#27
Launches From This Pad109
Launches From This Site243
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About Long March 3B/YZ-1
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.
Launch Site
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) · 28.2471°N 102.0290°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.