China launches 2 satellites for BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System

A Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage carrying the 59th and 60th satellites for the Beidou-3 Navigation Satellite System blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2024.

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A Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage carrying the 59th and 60th satellites for the Beidou-3 Navigation Satellite System blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian) A Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage carrying the 59th and 60th satellites for the Beidou-3 Navigation Satellite System blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept.

19, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian) A Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage carrying the 59th and 60th satellites for the Beidou-3 Navigation Satellite System blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2024.



(Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian) A Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage carrying the 59th and 60th satellites for the Beidou-3 Navigation Satellite System blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian) A Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage carrying the 59th and 60th satellites for the Beidou-3 Navigation Satellite System blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept.

19, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian).