China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2012, 10:53 PM ET (0253 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed the latest in a series of navigation satellites into orbit on Thursday. The Long March 3C rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 11:33 am EDT (1533 GMT, 11:33 pm Beijing time) Thursday and placed a Beidou satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite is the 16th in the Beidou series, designed to provide navigation services like the US GPS and Russian GLONASS systems; six of the satellites have been launched this year.
A Long March rocket placed the latest in a series of navigation satellites into orbit on Thursday. The Long March 3C rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 11:33 am EDT (1533 GMT, 11:33 pm Beijing time) Thursday and placed a Beidou satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite is the 16th in the Beidou series, designed to provide navigation services like the US GPS and Russian GLONASS systems; six of the satellites have been launched this year.
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