BEIDOU-2 G3
Launch
Launched on Jun 2, 2010 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3C.
Long March 3C | Compass-G3 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:26 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
Jun 2, 2010
Mass
—
Apogee
35,810 km
Perigee
35,780 km
Inclination
4.82°
Period
23.94 h
Part of the BeiDou constellation · this satellite is one of 56
Chinese navigation constellation. Mix of MEO, GEO, and IGSO.
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for BEIDOU-2 G3 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+1.0 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35780 × 35810 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.
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