BEIDOU G1

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BEIDOU G1 is classified as:

Geostationary
Beidou Navigation System

NORAD ID: 36287

Int'l Code: 2010-001A

Perigee: 35,774.4 km

Apogee: 35,811.1 km

Inclination: 2.6 °

Period: 1,436.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42163 km

RCS: 5.0119 m² (large)

Launch date: January 16, 2010
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

BEIDOU G3 is the third member of the second-generation Beidou constellation. Two spacecraft were launched to medium Earth orbit and geosynchronous orbit in 2007 and 2009, respectively. BEIDOU G3 will be placed on a geosynchronous orbit.

1 36287U 10001A   24152.79484506 -.00000277  00000-0  00000+0 0  9991
2 36287   2.5793  57.9549 0004349 313.5143 304.8507  1.00275245 52687

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC