Compass-G3

China's Long March 3C launched the Compass-G3 (Beidou-2 G3) navigation satellite from Xichang into geosynchronous orbit, the fourth satellite in China's Beidou regional positioning constellation.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

3.1 T

Flight

4th

of 14 Long March 3C flights

Date and time

2 June 2010, 15:53 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2010-024

Launches in 2010

25th of 74

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