Satellites/BEIDOU-3 IGSO-3

BEIDOU-3 IGSO-3

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

44709

COSPAR ID

2019-073A

Launched

2019-11-04

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

Perigee35,599 km

Apogee35,987 km

Inclination54.58°

Period1,436.4 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-10-29 08:22:36

Mean motion1.00248801 rev/day

Eccentricity0.0045978

Inclination54.5779°

Right ascension of node279.4344°

Argument of perigee198.6975°

Mean anomaly161.0718°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch2,580

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).