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BEIDOU-3 M4 (C22)

NORAD 43207· COSPAR 2018-018A· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Feb 12, 2018 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/YZ-1.
Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M3 & M4
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:18 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
Feb 12, 2018
Mass
Apogee
21,553 km
Perigee
21,518 km
Inclination
56.73°
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 M4 (C22) 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
21518 × 21553 km
215352155721513May 28Sep 9
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 2018-018 (Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M3 & M4).

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