BDS M1-S & BDS M2-SLong March 3B / YZ-1 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Launch Status Success Sat ยท Jul 25th, 2015 8:29 AM - 8:29 AM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG6RuC47Rhc Mission BDS-3 M1 & BDS-3 M2 Type: Communications The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System will be a global satellite navigation system consisting of 35 satellites. Resolution of the BeiDou system has been reported to be as high as 0.5 metres. Location Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China 99 launches have been at this location. Rocket Long March 3B / YZ-1 Length: 54.8 meters Diameter: 3.35 meters First Launched: February 14, 1996 The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits. The Long March 3B / YZ-1 rocket has been launched a total of 13 times with 13 successful and 0 failed launches. Agency China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Type: Government Abbreviation: CASC Administration: Chairmen & President: Lei Fanpei Founded: 1999 Launchers: Long March Spacecraft: Country: CHN 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 manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956. View Rocket Launch Schedule