BEIDOU-2 IGSO-7 (C16)
NORAD 43539· COSPAR 2018-057A· Navigation· IGSO
Launch
Launched on Jul 9, 2018 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3A.
Long March 3A | Beidou-2 I7 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-21 13:21 UTC
Orbit class
IGSO — Inclined Geosynchronous (BeiDou / QZSS, figure-8 ground track)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
Jul 9, 2018
Mass
—
Apogee
36,250 km
Perigee
35,341 km
Inclination
55.21°
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-7 (C16) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-2.4 km
Rate
-0.02 km/day
Now
35341 × 36250 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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