Beidou · Navigation
BEIDOU-1 G3
NonoperationalNavigationGEONORAD 27813
BEIDOU-1 G3 is a China (CNSA) navigation satellite, part of the Beidou constellation, launched on May 24, 2003 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 24, 2003 at 04:34 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3A →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei. 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,007 km
- Periapsis
- 35,850 km
- Inclination
- 11.37°
- Orbital period
- 1443.35 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China (CNSA)
- Manufacturer
- CAST
- Users
- Government/Military
- Launch mass
- 2,500 kg
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
- Dimensions
- 3 × 3 × 3 m
- Detailed purpose
- Navigation
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2003-021A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27813
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Constellation
- Beidou
- Radar cross-section
- 25.1188 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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