lifted off aboard a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre at 9.14am on Thursday. They join 30 other BeiDou-3 satellites in various orbits, including 24 in medium Earth ...
China launches final pair of backup Beidou satellites China launched the last pair of backup satellites for its Beidou navigation system late Wednesday, with an eye on a future, upgraded system.
The two satellites, the 59th and 60th satellites of the BeiDou family, were launched at 9:14 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage ...
China on Thursday launched two new satellites of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The two satellites ...