BEIDOU 1D

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BEIDOU 1D is classified as:

NORAD ID: 30323

Int'l Code: 2007-003A

Perigee: 35,868.3 km

Apogee: 36,352.9 km

Inclination: 6.8 °

Period: 1,452.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 42481 km

RCS: 20.1745 m² (large)

Launch date: February 2, 2007
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Beidou 2A is a Chinese experimental navigational satellite that was launched by a Long March 3-A rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 16:28 UT on 02 February 2007. It is the fourth member of the experimental Beidou fleet, preparatory to a full-fledged Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS) to be established by 2008. Beidou 2A will provide locations for land- and sea-based transportation, and disaster management.

1 30323U 07003A   22338.84434245 -.00000035  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 30323   6.8248  69.5374 0057045 237.7225 162.5444  0.99152050 57913

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC