BEIDOU G1

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BEIDOU G1 is classified as:

Geostationary
Beidou Navigation System

NORAD ID: 36287

Int'l Code: 2010-001A

Perigee: 35,783.0 km

Apogee: 35,805.1 km

Inclination: 3.4 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: 5.0119 m² (large)

Launch date: January 16, 2010
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

BEIDOU G3 is the third member of the second-generation Beidou constellation. Two spacecraft were launched to medium Earth orbit and geosynchronous orbit in 2007 and 2009, respectively. BEIDOU G3 will be placed on a geosynchronous orbit.

1 36287U 10001A   25168.48781441 -.00000269  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 36287   3.4402  60.7261 0002621 307.2408 214.0949  1.00270682 56509

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC