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BEIDOU-2 G8
OperationalNavigationGEO
Broadcasts precise timing/positioning signals for global navigation (GNSS).
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 17, 2019 at 03:48 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Beidou-2 G8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,830 km
- Periapsis
- 35,743 km
- Inclination
- 1.64°
- Orbital period
- 1436.09 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Chinese Ministry of National Defense
- Manufacturer
- Space Technology Research Institute (part of CASC)
- Users
- Military/Government
- Launch mass
- 800 kg
- Dry mass
- 280 kg
- Design lifetime
- 8 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-027A
- NORAD catalog №
- 44231
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Operational