BEIDOU-3 G3 (C61)
NORAD 45807· COSPAR 2020-040A· Navigation· GEO
Launch
Launched on Jun 23, 2020 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B.
Long March 3B | Beidou-3 G3 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:12 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
Jun 23, 2020
Mass
—
Apogee
35,806 km
Perigee
35,784 km
Inclination
2.65°
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-3 G3 (C61) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.2 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
35784 × 35806 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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