NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Beidou-2 G6

Launch Time
Thu Oct 25, 2012 15:33 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3C
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Retired
Price: $20.14 million
Liftoff Thrust: 5,923 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,800 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 54.84 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.2 m
Fairing Height: 9.78 m

Mission Details

Beidou-2 G6

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

2012

62nd orbital launch attempt

Long March 3

68th mission
8th mission of 2012
62nd successful mission
25th consecutive successful mission