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Beidou I1-S
40549. Beidou I1-S was launched on March 30, 2015 aboard a Chang Zheng 3C/YZ-1 from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-019ANORAD 40549China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Beidou DW 17
- Common name
- Beidou I1-S
- Payload designation
- Beidou-3 I1-S
- Other names
- COMPASS I1-S,Beidou C31/C101:PC
- International designator
- 2015-019A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40549
- GCAT identifier
- S40549
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/789
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Beidou-3I
- Owner
- CNSA
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites, SIMIT
- Platform (bus)
- BD-3I
Launch
- Date
- March 30, 2015 · 13:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-019Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3C/YZ-1
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/T
- Perigee
- 35,599 km
- Apogee
- 35,965 km
- Inclination
- 54.95°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,150 kg
- Dry mass
- 850 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q20561901 (CC0).