The launch comes twenty days after a Long March-3A launch vehicle orbited the Beidou-2I7 (Beidou-32), with launch taking place from Xichang’s LC2 launch complex. The Beidou Phase III system ...

version of the Long March-3B. The launcher was developed from the Chang Zheng-3A. The CZ-3B features enlarged launch propellant tanks, improved computer systems, a larger 4.2 meter diameter ...