Geostationary
NORAD ID: 37256
Int'l Code: 2010-068A
Perigee: 35,708.0 km
Apogee: 35,891.0 km
Inclination: 54.7 °
Period: 1,436.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 42170 km
Launch date: December 17, 2010
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Comments: BEIDOU IGSO 2 is the seventh operational Beidou satellite launched since 2007. The Beidou, or Compass, network should be ready to provide positioning and navigation services for China and neighboring countries by 2012. Global service should be available from up to 35 Beidou satellites by 2020.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37256U 10068A 13140.88507134 -.00000220 00000-0 10000-3 0 6359
2 37256 054.6777 328.4129 0021695 182.7775 163.1790 01.00251314 8912
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for BEIDOU IGSO 2
