BEIDOU-3 M25 (C47)
NORAD 61186· COSPAR 2024-168B· Navigation· MEO
Launch
Launched on Sep 19, 2024 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/YZ-1.
Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M25 & M27 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 07:05 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
CNSA
Country
China
Manufacturer
CAST
Launched
Sep 19, 2024
Mass
—
Apogee
21,548 km
Perigee
21,523 km
Inclination
54.40°
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 M25 (C47) across 104 days of archived orbital elements (106 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.0 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
21523 × 21548 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 2024-168 (Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M25 & M27).
- BEIDOU-3 M27 (C49) · 61187
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