BEIDOU IGSO 6

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BEIDOU IGSO 6 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41434

Int'l Code: 2016-021A

Perigee: 35,589.2 km

Apogee: 35,994.7 km

Inclination: 59.1 °

Period: 1,436.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42162 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: March 29, 2016
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

BEIDOU IGSO 6 is the 22nd member of Beidou navigation system. The constellation will provide positioning services with an accuracy of about 33 feet, or 10 meters, speed estimates within less than one foot per second, and time measurements within 10 nanoseconds. The fully operational Beidou system will consist of 35 satellites in three types of orbits: Geosynchronous orbit over the equator and two high-latitude orbits circling 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) and 13,376 miles (21,528 kilometers) above Earth.

1 41434U 16021A   24129.79008472 -.00000193  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 41434  59.1230  45.7457 0048088 224.4543 337.3505  1.00278170 29768

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC