China launches two new #BeiDou satellites China has successfully sent two satellites of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 05:10 a.m. Monday. Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, the two satellites entered the orbit. They are the 47th and 48th satellites of the BDS satellite family. The new satellites and the carrier rocket were developed by the China Academy of Space Technology and the China Academy of Launc

Twin satellites launched to develop China’s BeiDou system The pair blasted off on a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 1:03 p.m. BJT from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and entered the preset orbit about three hours later. | CGTN

Chinese President #XiJinping attended a ceremony marking the completion and launch of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday morning. Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, read congratulatory messages on the completion of the BeiDou-3 system. | CGTN