Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Beidou-2 G2
BeiDou-2 (formerly known as COMPASS) is a constellation of navigation satellites. It is not an extension of the older BeiDou-1 but rather supersedes it outright. The new system will be a constellation of 35 satellites, which include 5 geostationary orbit satellites for backward compatibility with BeiDou-1, and 30 non-geostationary satellites (27 in medium Earth orbit and 3 in inclined geosynchronous orbit), that will offer complete coverage of the globe.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,600.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China
Stats
2009
20th orbital launch attempt
Long March 3
42nd mission
1st mission of 2009
37th successful mission
28th consecutive successful mission