Beidou · Navigation
BEIDOU-2 IGSO-6 (C13)
OperationalNavigationGEO
Broadcasts precise timing/positioning signals for global navigation (GNSS).
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 29, 2016 at 08:11 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3A →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,031 km
- Periapsis
- 35,549 km
- Inclination
- 60.22°
- Orbital period
- 1436.26 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Chinese Ministry of National Defense
- Manufacturer
- Space Technology Research Institute (part of CASC)
- Users
- Military/Government
- Launch mass
- 4,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,900 kg
- Design lifetime
- 8 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-021A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41434
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Constellation
- Beidou
- Radar cross-section
- 26.1904 m²
- Status
- Operational
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