Satellites/BEIDOU-3 M18

BEIDOU-3 M18

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

43707

COSPAR ID

2018-093B

Launched

2018-11-18

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

Perigee21,509 km

Apogee21,548 km

Inclination54.16°

Period773.3 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 03:41:21

Mean motion1.86226752 rev/day

Eccentricity0.0006853

Inclination54.1646°

Right ascension of node177.3718°

Argument of perigee356.4471°

Mean anomaly3.652°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch5,423

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).