Compass-G6

Long March 3C launched Compass-G6 (Beidou-16), a geostationary navigation satellite for China's regional BeiDou-2 system, intended for a slot near 110.5 degrees East to replace the aging Beidou-1C spacecraft.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

3.1 T (est.)

Flight

10th

of 14 Long March 3C flights

Date and time

25 October 2012, 15:33 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2012-059

Launches in 2012

62nd of 78

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