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Beidou I2-S
40938. Beidou I2-S was launched on September 29, 2015 aboard a Chang Zheng 3B from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-053ANORAD 40938China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Beidou DW 20
- Common name
- Beidou I2-S
- Payload designation
- Beidou-3 I2-S
- Other names
- COMPASS I2-S,Beidou C32/C104:PC
- International designator
- 2015-053A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40938
- GCAT identifier
- S40938
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/789
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Beidou-3I
- Owner
- CNSA
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- BD-3I
Launch
- Date
- September 29, 2015 · 23:13 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-053Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3B
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/T
- Perigee
- 35,601 km
- Apogee
- 35,963 km
- Inclination
- 54.96°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,150 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,150 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 Q23059127 (CC0).