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BEIDOU-2 G6

NORAD 38953 · Payload · In orbit since 2012

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Launched
2012-10-25 · Xichang, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
3,060 kg
Size
3 × 1.7 m · 18 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,749 × 35,824 km
Inclination
4.5°
Period
1435.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0009
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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

Same launch

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