Beidou-2 G7

Long March 3C launched the Beidou-2 G7 navigation satellite from Xichang, adding a geostationary spare to China's second-generation regional Beidou positioning system ahead of the shift to the global Beidou-3 constellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

3.1 T (est.)

Flight

11th

of 14 Long March 3C flights

Date and time

12 June 2016, 15:30 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2016-037

Launches in 2016

37th of 85

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