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BEIDOU-3 G2
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Broadcasts precise timing/positioning signals for global navigation (GNSS).
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 9, 2020 at 11:55 AM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Beidou-3 G2
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,796 km
- Periapsis
- 35,777 km
- Inclination
- 2.85°
- Orbital period
- 1436.08 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Chinese Ministry of National Defense
- Manufacturer
- Space Technology Research Institute (part of CASC)
- Users
- Military/Government
- Launch mass
- 2,200 kg
- Design lifetime
- 8 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2020-017A
- NORAD catalog №
- 45344
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Operational