Beidou Navigation System
NORAD ID: 38775
Int'l Code: 2012-050B
Perigee: 21,484.7 km
Apogee: 21,585.2 km
Inclination: 55.0 °
Period: 773.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 27905 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 M6 is the 15th Beidou spacecraft in the program.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 38775U 12050B 13168.70712438 .00000055 00000-0 00000+0 0 2463
2 38775 055.0017 222.6690 0018018 209.7529 201.1119 01.86233303 5255
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for BEIDOU M6
