Long March 3C launches China's 23rd Beidou satellite

China launched its Beidou G7 navigation and positioning satellite at 15:30 UTC on Sunday, atop a Long March 3C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan Province. The satellite is the 23rd of the Beidou constellation (BDS) and will enter a geostationary orbit nearly 36,000 kilometres above the Earth. According to state news agency Xinhua, the satellite will, after entering its designed work orbit and finishing in-orbit testing, improve the stability of the system, preparing for BDS to offer global coverage. More

(Source: gbtimes - Jun 13)