China set to launch a Beidou-2 navigation & positioning satellite to geostationary transfer orbit from Xichang in just over 3 hours (~15:50 UTC/11:50 Eastern). Launch vehicle will be a Long March 3C & China's 8th orbital launch of 2019 overall, 9th expected May 22 from Taiyuan. pic.twitter.com/j1at3smMCy

— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) May 17, 2019