Beidou Navigation System
NORAD ID: 38091
Int'l Code: 2012-008A
Perigee: 35,780.3 km
Apogee: 35,805.7 km
Inclination: 1.1 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42163 km
Launch date: February 24, 2012
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Comments: BEIDOU G5 is the 11th operational Beidou satellite launched by China since 2007. It is the fifth craft to be launched into geosynchronous orbit over the equator, while other satellites operate in medium-altitude orbits and inclined flight paths to cover polar regions. China activated the Beidou network Dec. 27 on a trial basis. Its 10 operational satellites currently provide services over the Asia-Pacific region, including most of China. The coverage zone stretches from the southern border of Russia to Australia, and from India in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. The system has been used in transportation, weather forecasting, marine fisheries, hydrological monitoring, and mapping, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Global coverage will be possible by 2020 with a constellation of 35 satellites.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 38091U 12008A 13169.98595669 .00000000 00000-0 10000-3 0 3728
2 38091 001.1418 320.6871 0003006 153.0223 207.4156 01.00274499 4892
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for BEIDOU G5
