Satellites/BEIDOU-3 M24

BEIDOU-3 M24

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

44542

COSPAR ID

2019-061A

Launched

2019-09-22

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

Perigee21,499 km

Apogee21,557 km

Inclination54.39°

Period773.2 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-08 03:30:21

Mean motion1.85854131 rev/day

Eccentricity0.0010383

Inclination54.3721°

Right ascension of node177.8723°

Argument of perigee99.6376°

Mean anomaly260.5829°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch4,847

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).