BEIDOU M6

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BEIDOU M6 is classified as:

Beidou Navigation System

NORAD ID: 38775

Int'l Code: 2012-050B

Perigee: 21,499.1 km

Apogee: 21,571.3 km

Inclination: 56.2 °

Period: 773.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 27906 km

RCS: 9.2311 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 M6 is the 15th Beidou spacecraft in the program.

1 38775U 12050B   25199.38158784 -.00000049  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 38775  56.2463  73.9562 0012935 353.9163   6.1303  1.86230949 87099

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC