12 February 2018, 05:03 UTC
Beidou-3 M3 & M4
Long March 3B/YZ-1 launched the BeiDou-3 M3 and M4 navigation satellites from Xichang into medium Earth orbit, expanding China's next-generation BeiDou-3 global positioning constellation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 15 Long March 3B/YZ-1 flights
- Date and time
- 12 February 2018, 05:03 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
- 2018-018
- Launches in 2018
- 18th of 114
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