BEIDOU G1

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BEIDOU G1 is classified as:

Geostationary
Beidou Navigation System

NORAD ID: 36287

Int'l Code: 2010-001A

Perigee: 35,775.1 km

Apogee: 35,811.5 km

Inclination: 3.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 5.0119 m² (large)

Launch date: January 16, 2010
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

BEIDOU G3 is the third member of the second-generation Beidou constellation. Two spacecraft were launched to medium Earth orbit and geosynchronous orbit in 2007 and 2009, respectively. BEIDOU G3 will be placed on a geosynchronous orbit.

1 36287U 10001A   24325.85614447 -.00000278  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 36287   2.9640  59.7163 0004328 257.1866 192.1093  1.00273371 54426

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC