Satellites/BEIDOU-3 G2

BEIDOU-3 G2

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

45344

COSPAR ID

2020-017A

Launched

2020-03-09

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

Perigee35,776 km

Apogee35,797 km

Inclination2.7°

Period1,436.1 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 14:42:35

Mean motion1.00271389 rev/day

Eccentricity0.0002424

Inclination2.7047°

Right ascension of node49.2964°

Argument of perigee186.0347°

Mean anomaly114.186°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch2,471

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).