According to the China state news agency Xinhua, the spacecraft was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan on a Long March-3B carrier rocket. It was the 20th satellite for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and for the first time featured a hydrogen maser atomic clock.
A series of tests related to the clock and a new Phase III navigation signal will be undertaken, according to a statement from the China Satellite Navigation Office.
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