2018 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Beidou-3 M7 & M8
successLong March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M7 & M8
The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is a Chinese satellite navigation system. It consists of two separate satellite constellations – a limited test system that has been operating since 2000, and a full-scale global navigation system that is currently under construction. Beidou-3 are the third generation of navigation satellites which are launched into medium Earth orbit.
Overview
- Date / time
- January 11, 2018 at 11:18 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Mission
- Beidou-3 M7 & M8
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit