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BEIDOU-3 M2
Satellite. BEIDOU-3 M2 was launched on November 5, 2017 aboard a Chang Zheng 3B/YZ-1 from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-069BNORAD 43002China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Beidou DW 25
- Common name
- BEIDOU-3 M2
- Payload designation
- Beidou-3 M2
- Other names
- Beidou C20/C202:PC
- International designator
- 2017-069B
- NORAD catalog number
- 43002
- GCAT identifier
- S43002
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/856
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Beidou-3M
- Owner
- CNSA
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- BD-3M
Launch
- Date
- November 5, 2017 · 11:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-069Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3B/YZ-1
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 21,508 km
- Apogee
- 21,547 km
- Inclination
- 55.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,014 kg
- Dry mass
- 850 kg
- Length
- 2.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111471090 (CC0).