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BEIDOU 3M5, 43207

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BEIDOU 3M5, 43207 is a payload satellite owned by CNSA (CN) in MEO that was launched on Mon, 12 Feb 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

43207, 2018-018A

Orbit

MEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

China National Space Administration (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Defense Navigation

Bus & Motor

BD-3M, Unknown motor

Mass

1,014 kg wet, ~850 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-02-12 (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 1 day ago

0 BEIDOU 3M5
1 43207U 18018A   25129.41121261 -.00000042  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 43207  56.2976  76.4993 0007593 356.4291   3.5284  1.86231410 49220

Epoch: 2025-05-09T09:52Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T09:52:08.769Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

60.97531°

Altitude

21,507.141 km

Speed

3.782 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 05m 55s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

56.17241°

Longitude

157.446°

Altitude

21,538.977 km

Speed

3.78 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 27m 26s

Apparent Declination

43° 03' 34"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:13:36

Azimuth

357.454° N

Elevation

-6.965°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

21,549.157 km

Perigee altitude

21,506.778 km

Semi-major axis

27,906.104 km

Eccentricity

0.0007593

Inclination

56.2976°

RAAN

76.4993°

Arg. of periapsis

356.4291°

True anomaly

3.53376°

Mean anomaly

3.5284°

Eccentric anomaly

3.53108°

Mean motion

0.46558 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

773.23 mins

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Other satellites on launch #18 in the year 2018 (2018-02-12 UTC)

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CZ-3B R/B, 43209 (Decayed)

YZ-1 R/B, 43210

BEIDOU 3M5 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.
450 mins	2025-05-11 00:23:25.249Z	243.764° WSW	2025-05-11 04:37:25.249Z	39.08° NE	43.796°	2025-05-11 07:53:25.249Z	150.749° SSE

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