flown missionSuccess
Long March 3A | Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei.
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) — Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei.
- Type
- Navigation
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
The BD 1 (Beidou 1) satellites were the 1st phase of the chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system. The first phase uses only geostationary satellites, in contrast to GPS and GLONASS. This reduces the number of satellites, but limits the coverage to a less than hemispherical area. The basic constellation requires 3 satellites. The satellites are based on the DFH-3 Bus.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 3A
- Family
- Long March
- Variant
- A
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Type
- Government
- Country
- CHN
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Location
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- CHN
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 28.2455, 102.0268