BEIDOU I2-S

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BEIDOU I2-S is classified as:

Beidou Navigation System

NORAD ID: 40938

Int'l Code: 2015-053A

Perigee: 35,596.0 km

Apogee: 35,987.1 km

Inclination: 51.4 °

Period: 1,436.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42162 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 29, 2015
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

BEIDOU I2-S is a Chinese spaceraft member of Beidou navigation satellites constellation. The satellite is heavier than other current-generation models of Chinese navigation craft, has a more precise hydrogen atomic clock, and was destined for one of the Beidou system's inclined orbits. BEIDOU I2-S is the 20th member of the Beidou fleet launched by China, and the fourth satellite put into space since China started full-scale deployment of a 35-spacecraft constellation to provide global navigation coverage by 2020.

1 40938U 15053A   22227.09119757 -.00000120  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 40938  51.4077 275.1981 0046383 198.9384 338.5879  1.00279675 25297

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC