Beidou navigation payload launched by Chinese rocket

China launched another satellite Friday for the Beidou space-based navigation network, continuing the system's expansion after it began trial service in December. A Long March 3C rocket lifted off at 1612 GMT (11:12 a.m. EST) Friday from the Xichang space base in southwest China's Sichuan province. It was 12:12 a.m. Saturday at the launch site, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Feb 27)