BEIDOU IGSO 1

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BEIDOU IGSO 1 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 36828

Int'l Code: 2010-036A

Perigee: 35,316.6 km

Apogee: 36,285.5 km

Inclination: 54.2 °

Period: 1,436.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 42172 km

RCS: 31.6228 m² (large)

Launch date: July 31, 2010
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

BEIDOU IGSO 1 is a Chinese navigation satellite part of the government-owned fleet. The Beidou spacecraft is likely headed for a circular orbit about 22,300 miles (35,900 km) high. Unlike satellites in geostationary orbit, it will cover territory near Earth's poles to provide global positioning and timing services. It joins four other Beidou satellites already in space. Two craft launched earlier this year are parked over the equator, while another satellite circles about 13,000 miles [20,900 km] above Earth.

1 36828U 10036A   21214.89302916 -.00000083  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 36828  54.1837 179.1599 0114866 235.6197 333.2416  1.00245763 40371

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC