11 January 2018, 23:18 UTC
Beidou-3 M7 & M8
Long March 3B/YZ-1 orbited the BeiDou-3 M7 and M8 navigation satellites from Xichang, part of China's push to complete global coverage for the BeiDou-3 constellation during 2018.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 15 Long March 3B/YZ-1 flights
- Date and time
- 11 January 2018, 23:18 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
- 2018-003
- Launches in 2018
- 3rd of 114
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