Satellites/BEIDOU-3 M20

BEIDOU-3 M20

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

44865

COSPAR ID

2019-090B

Launched

2019-12-16

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

Perigee21,489 km

Apogee21,567 km

Inclination56.69°

Period773.2 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 07:32:54

Mean motion1.86231475 rev/day

Eccentricity0.0014098

Inclination56.6922°

Right ascension of node58.0397°

Argument of perigee302.1005°

Mean anomaly61.6695°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch4,692

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).