At 11:26 a.m. on December 26, China successfully launched the 57th and 58th Beidou navigation satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center using the Long March-3B carrier rocket and the upper stage of Yuanzheng-1.
This group of satellites is a medium-circle earth orbit satellite, and is the first group of MEO satellites launched after the completion and opening of China's Beidou-3 global satellite navigation system.
The launch mission was a complete success.
Photo by Qiu Lijun from China News Service