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BEIDOU 3M20, 44865

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BEIDOU 3M20, 44865 is a payload satellite owned by CNSA (CN) in MEO that was launched on Mon, 16 Dec 2019 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

44865, 2019-090B

Orbit

MEO

Last TLE update

17 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)

2019-12-16 (5 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, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

8.984 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 BEIDOU 3M20
1 44865U 19090B   25129.15426497 -.00000041  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 44865  56.2056  76.2166 0017144 303.4003 156.6366  1.86231687 36690

Epoch: 2025-05-09T03:42Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T03:42:08.493Z)

Latitude

54.92362°

Longitude

-98.65833°

Altitude

21,579.908 km

Speed

3.774 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 16m 21s

True Declination

54° 52' 56"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-31.83904°

Longitude

-2.06247°

Altitude

21,533 km

Speed

3.78 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 25m 58s

Apparent Declination

-33° 37' 24"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:03:03

Azimuth

284.28° WNW

Elevation

-72.294°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

21,575.786 km

Perigee altitude

21,480.101 km

Semi-major axis

27,906.08 km

Eccentricity

0.0017144

Inclination

56.2056°

RAAN

76.2166°

Arg. of periapsis

303.4003°

True anomaly

156.71435°

Mean anomaly

156.6366°

Eccentric anomaly

156.67549°

Mean motion

0.46558 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

773.23 mins

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Other satellites on launch #90 in the year 2019 (2019-12-16 UTC)

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CZ-3B R/B, 44867

BEIDOU 3M20 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.
409 mins	2025-05-10 02:39:51.416Z	274.464° WNW	2025-05-10 06:30:51.416Z	67.621° E	44.996°	2025-05-10 09:28:51.416Z	170.538° S

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