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: 36,141.3 km
Apogee: 36,221.2 km
Inclination: 11.8 °
Period: 1,455.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 42552 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."

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DFH-3 2 Track 1 satellite(s)

1 26599U 00069A   25199.13985362  .00000051  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 26599  11.7954  34.8284 0009382 349.6076  19.9141  0.98905252 89884

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC