BEIDOU 1

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BEIDOU 1 is classified as:

TV
Geostationary
Beidou Navigation System

NORAD ID: 26599

Int'l Code: 2000-069A

Perigee: 36,116.1 km

Apogee: 36,243.4 km

Inclination: 9.7 °

Period: 1,455.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 42550 km

RCS: 25.1189 m² (large)

Launch date: October 30, 2000
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Beidou navigation system (BNS); improve accuracy of weapons and situational awareness of military forces; in GEO unlike most navigation systems. Beidou means "Northern Dipper."

1 26599U 00069A   22026.44436228 -.00000233  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 26599   9.7333  43.0616 0014955 326.9005  84.0505  0.98910514 77336

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC