BEIDOU M5

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BEIDOU M5 is classified as:

Beidou Navigation System

NORAD ID: 38774

Int'l Code: 2012-050A

Perigee: 21,420.3 km

Apogee: 21,646.0 km

Inclination: 56.1 °

Period: 773.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 27904 km

RCS: 4.5948 m² (large)

Launch date: September 18, 2012
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

The Beidou constellation, also known as Compass, is China's counterpart to the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System, which provides navigation services to military vehicles, precision munitions, civil aviation, personal cars, boats, and search-and-rescue forces. BEIDOU M5 is the 14th Beidou spacecraft in the program.

1 38774U 12050A   25198.47058687 -.00000043  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 38774  56.1403  74.0100 0040429 257.6461 101.9649  1.86251479 71610

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC