Beidou Navigation System
NORAD ID: 37256
Int'l Code: 2010-068A
Perigee: 35,667.9 km
Apogee: 35,911.4 km
Inclination: 54.3 °
Period: 1,435.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 42160 km
Launch date: December 17, 2010
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Comments: BEIDOU IGSO 2 is the seventh operational Beidou satellite launched since 2007. The Beidou, or Compass, network should be ready to provide positioning and navigation services for China and neighboring countries by 2012. Global service should be available from up to 35 Beidou satellites by 2020.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37256U 10068A 14203.90349366 -.00000262 00000-0 10000-3 0 9892
2 37256 054.3218 323.5329 0028887 197.6218 224.8243 01.00286415 13211
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for BEIDOU IGSO 2
