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CHINASAT 31 (BEIDOU-1 G2)

NORAD 26643 · Payload · In orbit since 2000

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Launched
2000-12-20 · Xichang, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
2,311 kg
Size
3 × 1.7 m · 18 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,733 × 36,416 km
Inclination
12.6°
Period
1450.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0080
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.