BeiDou
CNSA· CN· first launch 2000· 56 in catalog
Chinese navigation constellation. Mix of MEO, GEO, and IGSO.
In catalog now
56
First launch year
2010
Busiest year
2018 · +18
Added 2024
+2
Launched that year Cumulative
Counts objects currently in our catalog by their launch year, so earlier years read lower than the number originally launched — deorbited members are no longer tracked.
Distinct launches
40
Objects in catalog
56
Avg per launch
1.4
Grouped by COSPAR launch designator — every object from one rocket shares it, so these are exact groupings. Counts are members still in the catalog, not the number deployed.
Orbit class
MEO
33 · 58.9%
IGSO
12 · 21.4%
GEO
11 · 19.6%
Altitude shells
21540km · 32 (57%)35790km · 13 (23%)35800km · 10 (18%)
Mean altitude ((apogee + perigee) / 2) in 10 km bands, from current orbital elements. Distinct spikes are maintained operational shells; a smear is an uncontrolled or drifting population.
Inclination
54° · 19 (34%)57° · 9 (16%)55° · 6 (11%)
Orbital planes in 1° bands. Several sharp peaks mean the constellation is built from discrete inclination groups, each covering a different band of latitudes.
Satellites in this constellation
- BEIDOU-2 G1
- BEIDOU-2 G3
- BEIDOU-2 G4 (C04)
- BEIDOU-2 G5 (C05)
- BEIDOU-2 G6 (C02)
- BEIDOU-2 G7 (C03)
- BEIDOU-2 G8 (C01)
- BEIDOU-2 IGSO-1 (C06)
- BEIDOU-2 IGSO-2 (C07)
- BEIDOU-2 IGSO-3 (C08)
- BEIDOU-2 IGSO-4 (C09)
- BEIDOU-2 IGSO-5 (C10)
- BEIDOU-2 IGSO-6 (C13)
- BEIDOU-2 IGSO-7 (C16)
- BEIDOU-2 M3 (C11)
- BEIDOU-2 M4 (C12)
- BEIDOU-2 M6 (C14)
- BEIDOU-3 G1 (C59)
- BEIDOU-3 G2 (C60)
- BEIDOU-3 G3 (C61)
- BEIDOU-3 G4 (C62)
- BEIDOU-3 IGSO-1 (C38)
- BEIDOU-3 IGSO-2 (C39)
- BEIDOU-3 IGSO-3 (C40)
- BEIDOU-3 M1 (C19)
- BEIDOU-3 M10 (C30)
- BEIDOU-3 M11 (C25)
- BEIDOU-3 M12 (C26)
- BEIDOU-3 M13 (C32)
- BEIDOU-3 M14 (C33)
- BEIDOU-3 M15 (C34)
- BEIDOU-3 M16 (C35)
- BEIDOU-3 M17 (C36)
- BEIDOU-3 M18 (C37)
- BEIDOU-3 M19 (C41)
- BEIDOU-3 M2 (C20)
- BEIDOU-3 M20 (C42)
- BEIDOU-3 M21 (C43)
- BEIDOU-3 M22 (C44)
- BEIDOU-3 M23 (C45)
- BEIDOU-3 M24 (C46)
- BEIDOU-3 M25 (C47)
- BEIDOU-3 M26 (C48)
- BEIDOU-3 M27 (C49)
- BEIDOU-3 M28 (C50)
- BEIDOU-3 M3 (C21)
- BEIDOU-3 M4 (C22)
- BEIDOU-3 M5 (C23)
- BEIDOU-3 M6 (C24)
- BEIDOU-3 M7 (C27)
- BEIDOU-3 M8 (C28)
- BEIDOU-3 M9 (C29)
- BEIDOU-3S IGSO-1S (C31)
- BEIDOU-3S IGSO-2S (C56)
- BEIDOU-3S M1S (C57)
- BEIDOU-3S M2S (C58)