BEIDOU-3 M21 (C43)
NORAD 44794· COSPAR 2019-078B· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Nov 23, 2019 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/YZ-1.
Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M21 & M22 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-05 18:23 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
Nov 23, 2019
Mass
—
Apogee
21,543 km
Perigee
21,528 km
Inclination
53.83°
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 M21 (C43) 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
21528 × 21543 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 2019-078 (Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M21 & M22).
- BEIDOU-3 M22 (C44) · 44793
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