【祝贺！[中国赞] #第46颗北斗导航卫星成功发射#】China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space at 2:09 a.m. Tuesday from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province. Launched on board a Long March-3B carrier rocket, the satellite was sent to an inclined geosynchronous earth orbit. It is the 46th satellite of the BDS satellite family and the 21st satellite of the BDS-3 system. For more: http://t.cn/AipQ2NBA http://t.cn/AipQ2ND2