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: 36,140.9 km

Apogee: 36,221.7 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."

1 26599U 00069A   25197.91425672  .00000055  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 26599  11.7932  34.8375 0009495 350.1207 303.0010  0.98904968 89862

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC