Beidou-3 G2

Long March 3B launch from Xichang carrying the Beidou-3 GEO-2 satellite, the 54th spacecraft in China's Beidou navigation constellation, into geosynchronous transfer orbit ahead of the system's completion in June 2020.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

3.1 T (est.)

Flight

20th

of 24 Long March 3B flights

Date and time

9 March 2020, 11:55 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2020-017

Launches in 2020

18th of 114

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