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BEIDOU I2-S

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BEIDOU I2-S is classified as:


NORAD ID: 40938
Int'l Code: 2015-053A
Perigee: 35,541.0 km
Apogee: 36,051.8 km
Inclination: 49.5 °
Period: 1,436.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 42167 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.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 40938U 15053A   26016.74545162 -.00000068  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 40938  49.4536 260.5880 0060566 187.9938  30.9211  1.00262248 37836
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC