5 November 2017, 11:45 UTC
Beidou-3 M1 & M2
First two BeiDou-3 medium-Earth-orbit navigation satellites (M1 and M2), launched together on one Long March 3B/YZ-1, opening China's high-density BeiDou-3 global constellation buildout toward Belt-and-Road coverage by 2018.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 15 Long March 3B/YZ-1 flights
- Date and time
- 5 November 2017, 11:45 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 3B/YZ-1
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 2017-069
- Launches in 2017
- 72nd of 90
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