Overview
Most satellites launched via Long March 3B are intended for military and government use (46.3%) and for the purpose of navigation and global positioning (45.0%).Majority of these satellites are GEO satellites, with around 49 (61.3%) launched so far.
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Insights from the dataset of satellites launched via Long March 3B
Which year saw the most satellites launched?
Who operates or owns the most satellites launched via Long March 3B?
Which country operates or owns the most satellites launched via Long March 3B?
Which launch site has launched the most satellites delivered via Long March 3B to space?
What is the most common type of satellite orbit?
Apogee, Perigee & Period
Satellite Mass
Highlights on some of the satellites launched via Long March 3B:
Second heaviest satellite launched by Chinese Ministry Of National Defense into space at 4,200 kg
A military and government satellite, Beidou 3 IGSO-3 is operated by Chinese Ministry of National Defense of China for the purpose of navigation and global positioning.
Constructed by Space Technology Research Institute (part of CASC) (China), it was launched into space on 5 November 2019 using Long March 3B as the launch vehicle from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Beidou 3 IGSO-3 orbits around the Earth as a GEO satellite.
With a launch mass of 4,200kg, Beidou 3 IGSO-3 is designed to operate in space for a lifetime of 8 years. It orbits around the Earth with the COSPAR ID 2019-073A and NORAD ID 44709.
Taking 1,436 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 35,681km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 35,896km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 2.55E-03.
Beidou 3 IGSO-3 orbits along the longitude of 107 degrees at an inclination of 58 degrees.
Compare Beidou 3 IGSO-3 with Zhongxing 1C from China.
Compare Beidou 3 IGSO-3 with SES-11/EchoStar 105 from Luxembourg.
Second heaviest satellite launched by China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) into space at 5,200 kg
A government and commercial satellite, Zhongxing 2E is operated by China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) of China for the purpose of communications.
A GEO satellite, it was launched into space using Long March 3B as the launch vehicle from Xichang Satellite Launch Center on 5 August 2021. Zhongxing 2E was constructed by China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) (China).
Designated with COSPAR ID 2021-071A and NORAD ID 49062, Zhongxing 2E is designed to operate in space for a lifetime of 15 years. It has a launch mass of 5,200 kg.
With an orbital eccentricity of 8.30E-05, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 35,783km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 35,790km. It takes 1,436 minutes to orbit the Earth.
Compare Zhongxing 2E with INMARSAT IV-A F4 from United Kingdom/ESA.
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Full datasets: All satellites by launch date | The Heaviest Satellites That Are Launched to Space
By Use Type: Civil-use satellites | Commercial satellites | Government satellites | Military satellites
By Country: USA | UK | France | Germany | Japan | China | Russia | Australia | Canada
By Orbit Class/Type: LEO satellites | MEO satellites | GEO satellites | Elliptical orbit | Polar orbit | Equatorial orbit | Non-polar inclined orbit | Sun-synchronous orbit | Molniya orbit
By Operators: SpaceX | EUTELSAT | SES | European Space Agency (ESA) | Planet Labs | Iridium | Spire Global | OneWeb | Swarm Technologies | NASA - Dataset of Satellites Launched (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) - Dataset of Satellites Launched
By Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Delta 2 | Dnepr | Electron | Falcon Heavy | Long March 2C | Long March 2D | Long March 3B | Pegasus | Proton | Proton M | PSLV | Rokot | Soyuz | Soyuz-2.1b | Vega
By Launch Vehicle: Cape Canaveral | Baikonur Cosmodrome | Guiana Space Center | International Space Station | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | Taiyuan Launch Center | Vandenberg AFB | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | Boeing Satellite Systems | Airbus Defense and Space | EADS Astrium | Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems | Space Systems/Loral | Surrey Satellite Technology | Technical University Berlin | Thales Alenia Space
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