Beidou-3 M25 & M27

Launched the final pair of BeiDou-3 satellites, MEO-27 and MEO-28, from Xichang using a Yuanzheng-1 upper stage to place them in medium Earth orbit as backups for China's global navigation system, with upgraded atomic clocks and inter-satellite links.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2 T

Flight

15th

of 15 Long March 3B/YZ-1 flights

Date and time

19 September 2024, 01:14 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/YZ-1

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2024-168

Launches in 2024

173rd of 263

See it in orbit

Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.

View satellites in Space Atlas↗