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BEIDOU-3 M24 (C46)

NORAD 44542· COSPAR 2019-061A· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Sep 22, 2019 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/YZ-1.
Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M23 & M24
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 22:24 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
Sep 22, 2019
Mass
Apogee
21,561 km
Perigee
21,510 km
Inclination
54.39°
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 M24 (C46) 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
21510 × 21561 km
215352156121510May 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 2019-061 (Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M23 & M24).

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