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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
05:03:04
Monday February 12, 2018
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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.
Medium Earth Orbit
2 Payloads
4,500 kilograms
Agency
CASCRocket
Height: 54.84m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 12,000 kg
GTO: 5,550 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,986 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4m
Height: 10.8m
Stages
4
Strap-ons
4
97th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2018
18th
Orbital launch attempt