BEIDOU-2 G8 (C01)
NORAD 44231· COSPAR 2019-027A· Navigation· GEO
Launch
Launched on May 17, 2019 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3C.
Long March 3C | Beidou-2 G8 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:45 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
May 17, 2019
Mass
—
Apogee
35,835 km
Perigee
35,756 km
Inclination
1.98°
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 G8 (C01) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.2 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
35756 × 35834 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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