Beidou Navigation System
NORAD ID: 37256
Int'l Code: 2010-068A
Perigee: 35,667.4 km
Apogee: 35,912.8 km
Inclination: 54.3 °
Period: 1,435.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 42161 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 14208.47112108 -.00000245 00000-0 10000-3 0 9937
2 37256 054.3172 323.4807 0029108 197.8886 073.6106 01.00284883 13259
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for BEIDOU IGSO 2
