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CHINASAT 31 (BEIDOU-1 G2)
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CHINASAT 31 (BEIDOU-1 G2) is a China navigation satellite, launched on December 20, 2000 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 20, 2000 at 04:20 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3A →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei. 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,414 km
- Periapsis
- 35,735 km
- Inclination
- 12.58°
- Orbital period
- 1450.81 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 2,500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2000-082A
- NORAD catalog №
- 26643
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 6.8204 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational