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BEIDOU 2 G8, 44231

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BEIDOU 2 G8, 44231 is a payload satellite owned by CNSA (CN) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 17 May 2019 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3C 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

44231, 2019-027A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

9 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)

2019-05-17 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3C

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 9 hours ago

0 BEIDOU 2 G8
1 44231U 19027A   25128.91083690 -.00000242  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 44231   1.5938  74.9385 0004597 259.3976   5.0010  1.00268254 22024

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:51Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:51:36.308Z)

Latitude

-1.56649°

Longitude

144.46175°

Altitude

35,768.05 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 37m 21s

True Declination

-1° 33' 54"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.88905°

Longitude

-85.75444°

Altitude

35,800.55 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 52m 35s

Apparent Declination

-4° 25' 43"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:38:05

Azimuth

284.137° WNW

Elevation

-22.908°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,808.038 km

Perigee altitude

35,769.27 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.791 km

Eccentricity

0.0004597

Inclination

1.5938°

RAAN

74.9385°

Arg. of periapsis

259.3976°

True anomaly

5.00559°

Mean anomaly

5.001°

Eccentric anomaly

5.0033°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.2 mins

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