China will launch Beidou navigation satellites in March and May 2020.
China plans to establish a ubiquitous, integrated and intelligent comprehensive national positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) system based on Beidou by 2035.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation listed completing the Beidou navigation satellite system, launching missions to Mars and a lunar sample return, and test launches of three new launch vehicles among its major goals for 2020.
A spent booster from the 2019-11-22 Beidou satellite launch fell downrange and destroyed a residence.
A Long March 3B launch of a Beidou navigation satellite was scheduled to possibly take place from Xichang shortly after the 2019-11-02 launch.
A Long March 3B launched two Beidou navigation and positioning satellites into medium Earth orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on 2019-09-22.
China expects further Beidou launches to medium Earth and inclined geosynchronous orbits before the end of 2019.
China aims to complete the 35-satellite Beidou constellation in the first half of 2020.
The mission deployed the second Beidou-3 satellite to be placed in an inclined geosynchronous orbit (IGSO).
China aimed to complete the Beidou positioning, navigation and timing constellation in 2020.
The orbits of Beidou’s three inclined GEO satellites are designed to form two figure-eight loops to provide optimized coverage to China and neighboring countries in the Asia-Pacific.
The completed Beidou system will comprise 27 satellites in medium Earth orbit (MEO), five satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO), and three satellites in inclined GEO orbits.
CALT will produce seven hypergolic Long March 3 series rockets in 2019 to launch 10 Beidou GNSS satellites.
China planned to complete the Beidou constellation rival to GPS in 2020.
CASC planned to launch 10 additional Beidou positioning, navigation, and timing satellites through seven Long March 3 series launches from Xichang.
CASC’s 2018 launches included the Chang’e-4 lunar far side landing mission, the first Hongyan LEO communications satellite, and 18 Beidou satellites.
China will complete its global constellation of 27 Beidou navigation satellites by 2020 while maintaining a separate regional constellation providing redundant coverage over Asia.
China plans during 2019 and 2020 to launch six more medium Earth orbit Beidou-3 satellites.
The pair of one-metric-ton Beidou-3 satellites launched on 2018-11-18 are the 42nd and 43rd satellites launched for the Beidou system.
The Chang’e-4 lunar mission is planned to use the same launch carrier rocket as the 2018-11-18 Beidou launch.