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: 36,132.4 km

Apogee: 36,227.0 km

Inclination: 11.8 °

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   25182.66389255 -.00000276  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 26599  11.7699  34.9572 0011115 348.8873 273.9009  0.98910723 89710

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC