BEIDOU-3 M13 (C32)
NORAD 43622· COSPAR 2018-072A· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Sep 19, 2018 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/YZ-1.
Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M13 & M14 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 05:26 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
Sep 19, 2018
Mass
—
Apogee
21,547 km
Perigee
21,523 km
Inclination
56.70°
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 M13 (C32) 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
21523 × 21547 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 2018-072 (Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M13 & M14).
- BEIDOU-3 M14 (C33) · 43623
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