BEIJING 1
Launch
Launched on Oct 27, 2005 from 132/1 (132L), Russia aboard a Kosmos-3M (11K65M).
Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 12:23 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Oct 27, 2005
Mass
—
Apogee
697 km
Perigee
675 km
Inclination
98.30°
Period
1.64 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for BEIJING 1 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.2 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
675 × 697 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2005-043 (Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1).
- SINAH 1 · 28893
- CUBESAT XI-V · 28895
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