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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Operational Defense Navigation
Bus & Motor
DFH-3B, FY-25
Mass
~3,060 kg wet, 1,700 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 9.0 m
Radar Cross Section
13.998 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago
TLE from 10 hours ago
0 BEIDOU 3G1
1 43683U 18085A 25363.49538689 -.00000257 00000-0 00000+0 0 9991
2 43683 2.6474 102.4692 0001940 63.4822 250.5950 1.00275215 26357Epoch: 2025-12-29T11:53Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-29T11:53:21.427Z)
Latitude
-1.88794°
Longitude
140.02178°
Altitude
35,788.087 km
Speed
3.075 km/s
True Right ascension
03h 46m 12s
True Declination
-1° 53' 10"
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
21:19:33
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,794.88 km
Perigee altitude
35,778.521 km
Semi-major axis
42,164.837 km
Eccentricity
0.00019
Inclination
2.6474°
RAAN
102.4692°
Arg. of periapsis
63.4822°
True anomaly
250.57403°
Mean anomaly
250.595°
Eccentric anomaly
250.58452°
Mean motion
0.25068 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.1 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #85 in the year 2018 (2018-11-01 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 3G1 Visibility
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43683 neighbors
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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