Satellites/BEIDOU-2 G8

BEIDOU-2 G8

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

44231

COSPAR ID

2019-027A

Launched

2019-05-17

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

Perigee35,746 km

Apogee35,826 km

Inclination2.02°

Period1,436.1 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 15:06:38

Mean motion1.00273511 rev/day

Eccentricity0.000949

Inclination2.0231°

Right ascension of node74.0895°

Argument of perigee273.2233°

Mean anomaly72.7307°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch2,753

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).