Long March-3B launches BeiDou-3 MEO-17 and BeiDou-3 MEO-18

BeiDou Navigation Satellite System patch.

Nov. 19, 2018

Long March-3B rocket launches BeiDou-3 MEO-17 and BeiDou-3 MEO-18 navigation satellites

A Long March-3B rocket launched BeiDou-3 MEO-17 and BeiDou-3 MEO-18 navigation satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China, on 18 November October 2018, at 18:07 UTC (19 November at 02:07 local time).

Long March-3B launches BeiDou-3 MEO-17 and BeiDou-3 MEO-18

A Chinese Long March 3B rocket with a Yuanzheng upper stage launches two satellites for the country’s Beidou navigation network into Medium Earth Orbit.

 BeiDou navigation satellite

The satellites are the 42nd and 43rd in the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), respectively the 17th and 18th for the BeiDou-3 system.

Beidou Constellation

China plans to launch six other BDS-3 satellites to the medium earth orbit, three satellites to the inclined geosynchronous earth orbit and two satellites to the geostationary earth orbit from 2019 to 2020.

For more information about China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), visit: http://english.spacechina.com/n16421/index.html

For more information about China National Space Administration (CNSA), visit: http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/

For more information about Beidou navigation system: http://www.beidou.gov.cn/

Images, Video, Text, Credits: CASC/CNSA/CCTV/SciNews/Günter Space Page.

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