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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Operational Defense Navigation
Bus & Motor
BD-3M, Unknown motor
Mass
1,014 kg wet, ~850 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 5.0 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 26171.96002647 -.00000078 00000-0 00000+0 0 9990
2 43207 56.6545 63.0234 0007674 20.2662 339.8025 1.86230959 56812Epoch: 2026-06-20T23:02Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T23:02:26.287Z)
Latitude
-0.00005°
Longitude
168.26189°
Altitude
21,508.261 km
Speed
3.782 km/s
True Right ascension
04h 12m 09s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
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
21:39:58
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
21,549.414 km
Perigee altitude
21,506.584 km
Semi-major axis
27,906.136 km
Eccentricity
0.00077
Inclination
56.6545°
RAAN
63.0234°
Arg. of periapsis
20.2662°
True anomaly
339.77211°
Mean anomaly
339.8025°
Eccentric anomaly
339.78731°
Mean motion
0.46558 °/min
Orbital period
773.23 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #18 in the year 2018 (2018-02-12 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 3M5 Visibility forecast
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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. |
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| 234 mins | 2026-06-22 13:24:55.951Z | 121.814° SE | 2026-06-22 15:24:55.951Z | 72.736° E | 30.149° | 2026-06-22 17:18:55.951Z | 36.575° NE |
| 207 mins | 2026-06-23 05:34:55.951Z | 324.805° NNW | 2026-06-23 07:15:55.951Z | 291.348° WNW | 26.377° | 2026-06-23 09:01:55.951Z | 248.77° W |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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