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BEIDOU-3 M17

NORAD 43706 · Payload · In orbit since 2018

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Launched
2018-11-18 · Xichang, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Navigation
Mass
1,014 kg
Size
2.2 × 1.7 m · 10 m deployed
Orbit class
MEO
Perigee × Apogee
21,500 × 21,556 km
Inclination
54.2°
Period
772.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0010
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.