BEIDOU-3 M2 (C20)
NORAD 43002· COSPAR 2017-069B· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Nov 5, 2017 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 3B/YZ-1.
Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M1 & M2 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 18:18 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
Nov 5, 2017
Mass
—
Apogee
21,553 km
Perigee
21,517 km
Inclination
56.77°
Period
12.89 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-3 M2 (C20) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.0 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
21517 × 21553 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
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2017-069 (Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M1 & M2).
- BEIDOU-3 M1 (C19) · 43001
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