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BEIDOU-3 G4 (C62)

NORAD 56564· COSPAR 2023-066A· Navigation· GEO
Launch
Launched on May 17, 2023 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B.
Long March 3B/E | Beidou-3 G4
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:38 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
May 17, 2023
Mass
Apogee
35,817 km
Perigee
35,772 km
Inclination
0.44°
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 G4 (C62) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.2 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
35772 × 35817 km
357963582035772May 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.

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