Satellites/BEIDOU-3 M25

BEIDOU-3 M25

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

61186

COSPAR ID

2024-168B

Launched

2024-09-19

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

Perigee21,514 km

Apogee21,542 km

Inclination54.34°

Period773.2 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 04:07:45

Mean motion1.86230234 rev/day

Eccentricity0.000513

Inclination54.3419°

Right ascension of node297.1868°

Argument of perigee299.593°

Mean anomaly243.1835°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch1,448

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).