Name: BDS I2-S launch
Start: 2015-09-29T23:13:04+00:00
End: 2015-09-29T23:13:04+00:00
Location: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission brief

The mission

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

PayloadBDS I2-S

OrbitUnknown

CustomerChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Stages3

PadLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Flight plan

Mission timeline

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The range

Where it leaves Earth

Launch site

Ground vector

Site locked

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Global range

Latitude: 28.247°N
Longitude: 102.029°E

Can I see this?

Distance and a plain visibility call from a place you choose. Trajectory is not modeled — night launches travel farther across the sky than daylight ones.

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Range weather

Launch commit criteria

Clear

Watch

TrackingNo active constraints

Weather rules

Clear — tracking no weather issues at this time.

Primary concern: No weather issues
Rule count: 0
Temperature: Not reported
Surface wind: Not reported

Window

11:13 PM UTC – 11:13 PM UTC

Hardware

Vehicle & provider

Vehicle

Long March 3B/E

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The Long March 3B / E (G2) (CZ-3B / E) is one of the most successful medium-range launchers and the strongest variant of the CZ-3 series. It was specially developed for the transport o...

Height56.3 m

LEO Payload12,000 kg

Launches624

Successes601

Provider

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

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CHN • Founded 1999

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufactu...

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