Beidou Navigation System
NORAD ID: 38774
Int'l Code: 2012-050A
Perigee: 21,466.6 km
Apogee: 21,603.4 km
Inclination: 54.9 °
Period: 773.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 27906 km
Launch date: September 18, 2012
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Comments: The Beidou constellation, also known as Compass, is China's counterpart to the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System, which provides navigation services to military vehicles, precision munitions, civil aviation, personal cars, boats, and search-and-rescue forces. BEIDOU M5 is the 14th Beidou spacecraft in the program.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 38774U 12050A 13138.12913554 -.00000011 00000-0 00000+0 0 2123
2 38774 054.9085 224.1720 0024503 184.2211 200.1031 01.86232807 4696
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for BEIDOU M5
