29 July 2018, 01:48 UTC

Beidou-3 M5 & M6

Long March 3B/YZ-1Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Drawing of the Long March 3B/YZ-1 for Beidou-3 M5 & M6

Launched a pair of BeiDou-3 navigation satellites, the ninth and tenth in the network, from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, expanding China's third-generation BeiDou constellation to ten operational medium-Earth-orbit satellites.

Outcome: Success
Orbit: MEO; Medium Earth orbit
Payload to orbit: 2 T
Flight: 6th; of 15 Long March 3B/YZ-1 flights

Date and time: 29 July 2018, 01:48 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: 2018-062
Launches in 2018: 62nd of 114

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