BEIDOU 11, 38091
Orbit data source: Space-Track
BEIDOU 11, 38091 is a payload satellite owned by CNSA (CN) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3C launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Operational Defense Navigation
Bus & Motor
DFH-3B, FY-25
Mass
3,060 kg wet, 1,700 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 9.0 m
Radar Cross Section
13.998 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago
TLE from 8 hours ago
0 BEIDOU 11
1 38091U 12008A 26061.74242132 .00000041 00000-0 00000+0 0 9996
2 38091 3.3080 70.3182 0014141 249.6978 166.5325 1.00275702 51305Epoch: 2026-03-02T17:49Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-02T17:49:05.202Z)
Latitude
2.74409°
Longitude
58.76944°
Altitude
35,842.877 km
Speed
3.071 km/s
True Right ascension
08h 26m 17s
True Declination
2° 44' 29"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
05:09:50
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,846.187 km
Perigee altitude
35,726.937 km
Semi-major axis
42,164.699 km
Eccentricity
0.00141
Inclination
3.308°
RAAN
70.3182°
Arg. of periapsis
249.6978°
True anomaly
166.57017°
Mean anomaly
166.5325°
Eccentric anomaly
166.55134°
Mean motion
0.25068 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.09 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #8 in the year 2012 (2012-02-24 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.BEIDOU 11 Visibility
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