China Launches Two BeiDou Navigation Satellites Beijing, 19 Sep (ONA) --- China today launched two new satellites of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The two satellites, the 59th and 60th satellites of the BeiDou system, were launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage attached to the carrier rocket, according to China's ...