China successfully launched twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites early Monday morning, marking a major milestone for the array of positioning satellites known as the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS).

China has successfully sent twin BDS satellites into space by a Long March-3B launch vehicle (with an Expedition-1 upper stage) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, at 02:07 am, on Nov 19^th, 2018. The twins, both Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites, are the 42^nd and 43^rd of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), and the 18^th and 19^th of the BDS-3 family.

The thirteenth Meeting of the United Nations International Committee of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG) concluded successfully in Xi’an, Shaanxi on November 9^th, 2018.