Satellites/BEIDOU-3 G1

BEIDOU-3 G1

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

43683

COSPAR ID

2018-085A

Launched

2018-11-01

site code XICLF

Orbit

GEO

Constellation

BeiDou

Who

Owner / operatorChina National Space Administration

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

CountryChina

Catalogue owner codePRC

Orbit

OrbitingEarth

Orbit classGEO

Perigee35,769 km

Apogee35,803 km

Inclination2.76°

Period1,436.1 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 13:49:38

Mean motion1.00273266 rev/day

Eccentricity0.00041

Inclination2.7587°

Right ascension of node93.322°

Argument of perigee28.1456°

Mean anomaly294.6567°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch2,951

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).