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BEIDOU 3M6, 43208

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BEIDOU 3M6, 43208 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

43208, 2018-018B

Orbit

MEO

Last TLE update

23 hours 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 23 hours ago

0 BEIDOU 3M6
1 43208U 18018B   25169.21246392 -.00000032  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 43208  56.3277  75.1846 0008554 333.1967  26.7848  1.86231009 49967

Epoch: 2025-06-18T05:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-18T05:05:56.882Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

92.0091°

Altitude

21,507.048 km

Speed

3.782 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 00m 46s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-52.72025°

Longitude

31.14474°

Altitude

21,530.771 km

Speed

3.781 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 25m 37s

Apparent Declination

-51° 03' 24"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:06:18

Azimuth

130.891° SE

Elevation

-69.288°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

21,551.877 km

Perigee altitude

21,504.135 km

Semi-major axis

27,906.143 km

Eccentricity

0.00086

Inclination

56.3277°

RAAN

75.1846°

Arg. of periapsis

333.1967°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

26.7848°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.46558 °/min

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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BEIDOU 3M6 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.
446 mins	2025-06-19 18:47:11.423Z	205.884° SW	2025-06-19 21:59:11.423Z	316.384° NNW	44.081°	2025-06-20 02:13:11.423Z	111.616° ESE

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