Beidou Navigation System
NORAD ID: 37256
Int'l Code: 2010-068A
Perigee: 35,658.2 km
Apogee: 35,914.6 km
Inclination: 54.1 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 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 15064.79811799 -.00000211 00000-0 10000-3 0 9994
2 37256 054.0988 320.9319 0030396 203.8432 046.0678 01.00272559 15478
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for BEIDOU IGSO 2
