China launched two new navigation satellites on Sunday, marking its 21st orbital launch this year. The launch of Beidou-3M5 and Beidou-3M6 took place from the LC3 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using a Long March-3B/Y1 (Chang Zheng-3B/Y1) launch vehicle. Launch time was 01:40UTC and it took over four hours to complete the mission.
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