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: 35,600.5 km

Apogee: 35,988.7 km

Inclination: 52.3 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 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   21025.06060697 -.00000103  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 40938  52.2825 281.7032 0046039 191.0695 129.9410  1.00268722 19617

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC