Satellites/BEIDOU-3 M13

BEIDOU-3 M13

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

43622

COSPAR ID

2018-072A

Launched

2018-09-19

site code XICLF

Orbit

MEO

Constellation

BeiDou

Who

Owner / operatorChina National Space Administration

ManufacturerChinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)

CountryChina

Catalogue owner codePRC

Orbit

OrbitingEarth

Orbit classMEO

Perigee21,515 km

Apogee21,541 km

Inclination56.75°

Period773.2 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-08 10:33:24

Mean motion1.86230768 rev/day

Eccentricity0.0004815

Inclination56.7555°

Right ascension of node57.9109°

Argument of perigee306.5949°

Mean anomaly53.3479°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch5,534

Mean elements (OMM) for the SGP4 model, refreshed every 6 hours. They describe the orbit at the epoch shown and drift as time passes, fastest for low orbits.

Source: CelesTrak satellite catalogue and GP data (celestrak.org); owner and manufacturer from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).