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BEIDOU-2 M3

NORAD 38250 · Payload · In orbit since 2012

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Launched
2012-04-29 · Xichang, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
2,300 kg
Size
3 × 1.7 m · 18 m deployed
Orbit class
MEO
Perigee × Apogee
21,469 × 21,587 km
Inclination
55.7°
Period
772.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0021
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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.