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
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: 21 hours ago
TLE from 21 hours ago
0 BEIDOU 2 G8
1 44231U 19027A 26172.56504258 -.00000249 00000-0 00000+0 0 9991
2 44231 1.6705 74.5245 0010115 282.4745 260.6959 1.00269615 26120Epoch: 2026-06-21T13:33Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T13:33:39.678Z)
Latitude
-0.10755°
Longitude
144.41352°
Altitude
35,793.59 km
Speed
3.074 km/s
True Right ascension
17h 10m 22s
True Declination
0° 06' 27"
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
21:36:16
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,830.924 km
Perigee altitude
35,745.621 km
Semi-major axis
42,166.409 km
Eccentricity
0.00101
Inclination
1.6705°
RAAN
74.5245°
Arg. of periapsis
282.4745°
True anomaly
260.58154°
Mean anomaly
260.6959°
Eccentric anomaly
260.63872°
Mean motion
0.25066 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.18 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #27 in the year 2019 (2019-05-17 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 2 G8 Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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