Beidou-3 G3

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

01:43:00

Tuesday June 23, 2020

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Launch Notes

Final launch of a Beidou-3 satellite. Return to flight for CZ-3B after Nusantara Dua failure.

Beidou-3 G3

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BeiDou-3 will eventually consist of 35 satellites and is expected to provide global services upon completion in 2020. When fully completed, BeiDou will provide an alternative global navigation satellite system to the United States-owned Global Positioning System (GPS) and is expected to be more accurate than the GPS. It was claimed in 2016 that BeiDou-3 will reach millimeter-level accuracy (with post-processing), which is ten times more accurate than the finest level of GPS.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

4,600 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Long March 3B/E

Active Since 2007

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$29.15 million

Rocket

Height: 56.3m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 11,500 kg

GTO: 5,550 kg

Liftoff Thrust

5,986 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.2m

Height: 9.56m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

LC-2

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

18 days

Stats

Long March 3


125th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2020

2020


44th

Orbital launch attempt