Long 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.
The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.
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Mission Profile
Beidou-3 M7 & M8 was a Long March 3B/YZ-1 mission operated by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation that lifted off from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on January 11, 2018. The flight carried its payload on a navigation mission to Medium Earth Orbit. It was flown as part of the BeiDou program. The launch was a success.