Satellites/BEIDOU-3 G3

BEIDOU-3 G3

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

45807

COSPAR ID

2020-040A

Launched

2020-06-23

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

Perigee35,766 km

Apogee35,806 km

Inclination2.8°

Period1,436.1 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 14:51:19

Mean motion1.00273813 rev/day

Eccentricity0.0004666

Inclination2.8022°

Right ascension of node67.3204°

Argument of perigee274.3248°

Mean anomaly40.5557°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch2,352

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).