On March 29, 2018 at 17:56 UTC the Chang Zheng-3B (Long March-3B) rocket-carrier was launched from Xichang Cosmodrome, Sichuan province, southwestern China. The rocket orbited two “Beidou-3” navigation satellite.

On March 29, 2018 at 17:38 UTC the "Soyuz-2.1b” rocket-carrier was launched from Russian Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk region, North Russia. The rocket orbited a Russian reconnaissance satellite. The satellite was named “Kosmos-2525”, keeping with the Russian military’s naming scheme for defense-related space vehicles.

On March 29, 2018 at 11:26 UTC the GSLV Mk.II (F08) rocket-carrier was launched from Sriharikota spaceport (the Satish Dhawan Space Center), 80 km from Chennai, India. The rocket (GSLV - Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) orbited the “GSAT-6A” communications satellite.