2015

2015 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

BDS-3 M1 & BDS-3 M2

successLong March 3B / YZ-1 | BDS M1-S & BDS M2-S

The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System will be a global satellite navigation system consisting of 35 satellites. Resolution of the BeiDou system has been reported to be as high as 0.5 metres.

Overview

Date / time
July 25, 2015 at 12:29 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Mission
BDS-3 M1 & BDS-3 M2
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Medium Earth Orbit

Payloads deployed · 2