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BEIDOU 3G1, 43683

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BEIDOU 3G1, 43683 is a payload satellite owned by CNSA (CN) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 01 Nov 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B 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

43683, 2018-085A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

China National Space Administration (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Defense Navigation

Bus & Motor

DFH-3B, FY-25

Mass

~3,060 kg wet, 1,700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-11-01 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3B

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 18 m

Radar Cross Section

13.998 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 BEIDOU 3G1
1 43683U 18085A   25132.91657052 -.00000263  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 43683   3.0190  98.9580 0004867  10.4709 231.3923  1.00266377 24049

Epoch: 2025-05-12T21:59Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T21:59:51.692Z)

Latitude

-2.64348°

Longitude

139.84762°

Altitude

35,800.702 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 42m 56s

True Declination

-2° 38' 27"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.27565°

Longitude

-96.80023°

Altitude

35,767.209 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 33m 24s

Apparent Declination

-4° 58' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:36:15

Azimuth

286.885° WNW

Elevation

-26.481°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,809.7 km

Perigee altitude

35,768.654 km

Semi-major axis

42,167.314 km

Eccentricity

0.0004867

Inclination

3.019°

RAAN

98.958°

Arg. of periapsis

10.4709°

True anomaly

231.34873°

Mean anomaly

231.3923°

Eccentric anomaly

231.37052°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.23 mins

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