BEIDOU-2 IGSO-2 (C07)
NORAD 37256· COSPAR 2010-068A· Navigation· IGSO
Launch
Launched on Dec 17, 2010 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 3A.
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Orbit class
IGSO — Inclined Geosynchronous (BeiDou / QZSS, figure-8 ground track)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
Dec 17, 2010
Mass
—
Apogee
36,042 km
Perigee
35,556 km
Inclination
47.40°
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 IGSO-2 (C07) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+10.1 km
Rate
+0.10 km/day
Now
35556 × 36042 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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