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BEIDOU 3M4, 43108

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BEIDOU 3M4, 43108 is a payload satellite owned by CNSA (CN) in MEO that was launched on Thu, 11 Jan 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B/YZ-1 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

43108, 2018-003B

Orbit

MEO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

China National Space Administration (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SECM

Mission

Operational Defense Navigation

Bus & Motor

BD-3M2, Unknown motor

Mass

1,014 kg wet, ~850 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-01-11 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3B/YZ-1

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

8.984 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 BEIDOU 3M4
1 43108U 18003B   25128.97007249 -.00000080  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 43108  54.6757 316.3562 0002381 271.2950  88.6817  1.86231105 49837

Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:16Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:16:54.263Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

100.09897°

Altitude

21,528.168 km

Speed

3.779 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 05m 25s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-46.81712°

Longitude

-30.92559°

Altitude

21,538.811 km

Speed

3.779 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 25m 17s

Apparent Declination

-55° 14' 38"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:08:32

Azimuth

215.661° SW

Elevation

-22.549°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

21,534.705 km

Perigee altitude

21,521.416 km

Semi-major axis

27,906.198 km

Eccentricity

0.0002381

Inclination

54.6757°

RAAN

316.3562°

Arg. of periapsis

271.295°

True anomaly

88.70898°

Mean anomaly

88.6817°

Eccentric anomaly

88.69534°

Mean motion

0.46558 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

773.23 mins

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Other satellites on launch #3 in the year 2018 (2018-01-11 UTC)

BEIDOU 3M3, 43107

YZ-1 R/B, 43109

CZ-3B R/B, 43110

BEIDOU 3M4 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
358 mins	2025-05-09 10:59:27.464Z	171.639° S	2025-05-09 13:49:27.464Z	99.711° ESE	43.478°	2025-05-09 16:57:27.464Z	61.652° ENE

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