List of Beidou satellites
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This is a list of past and present satellites of the BeiDou/Compass navigation satellite system. As of July 2015, 14 satellites are operational: 5 in geostationary orbit, 5 in geosynchronous orbits with inclination 55 degrees and 4 in medium Earth orbits.
Satellites
| Satellite[1] | Launch date (UTC) |
Launch site |
Carrier rocket[2] | PRN[3] | Orbit[3] | Status[3] | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeiDou-1A | 2000-10-30 16:02 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3A | N/A | GEO 140°E | Retired December 2011 |
1st generation experimental satellite |
| BeiDou-1B | 2000-12-20 16:20 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3A | N/A | GEO 80°E | Retired December 2011 |
1st generation experimental satellite |
| BeiDou-1C | 2003-05-24 16:34 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3A | N/A | GEO 110.5°E | Retired December 2012 |
1st generation experimental satellite |
| BeiDou-1D | 2007-02-02 16:28 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3A | N/A | GEO 86°E | Retired February 2009 |
1st generation experimental satellite |
| Compass-M1 | 2007-04-13 20:11 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3A | C30 | MEO ~21,500 km | Retired | In-orbit validation satellite |
| Compass-G2 | 2009-04-14 16:16 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3C | N/A | GEO drifting | Retired | |
| Compass-G1 | 2010-01-16 16:12 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3C | C01 | GEO 140.0°E | Operational | |
| Compass-G3 | 2010-06-02 15:53 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3C | C03 | GEO 110.5°E | Operational | |
| Compass-IGSO1 | 2010-07-31 21:30 |
Xichang LC-3 | Chang Zheng 3A | C06 | 55° inclination IGSO 118°E | Operational | |
| Compass-G4 | 2010-10-31 16:26 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3C | C04 | GEO 160.0°E | Operational | |
| Compass-IGSO2 | 2010-12-17 20:20 |
Xichang LC-3 | Chang Zheng 3A | C07 | 55° inclination IGSO 118°E | Operational | |
| Compass-IGSO3 | 2011-04-09 20:47 |
Xichang LC-3 | Chang Zheng 3A | C08 | 55° inclination IGSO 118°E | Operational | |
| Compass-IGSO4 | 2011-07-26 21:44 |
Xichang LC-3 | Chang Zheng 3A | C09 | 55° inclination IGSO 95°E | Operational | |
| Compass-IGSO5 | 2011-12-01 21:07 |
Xichang LC-3 | Chang Zheng 3A | C10 | 55° inclination IGSO 95°E | Operational | |
| Compass-G5 | 2012-02-24 16:12 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3C | C05 | GEO 58.75°E | Operational | |
| Compass-M3 | 2012-04-29 20:50 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3B | C11 | MEO ~21,500 km | Operational | |
| Compass-M4 | 2012-04-29 20:50 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3B | C12 | MEO ~21,500 km | Operational | |
| Compass-M5 | 2012-09-18 19:10 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3B | C13 | MEO ~21,500 km | Operational | |
| Compass-M2 | 2012-09-18 19:10 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3B | C14 | MEO ~21,500 km | Operational | |
| Compass-G6 | 2012-10-25 15:33 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3C | C02 | GEO 80°E | Operational | |
| BDS I1-S | 2015-03-30 13:52 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3C/YZ-1 | C31[4] | 55° inclination IGSO | Operational | |
| BDS M1-S | 2015-07-25 12:29 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3B/YZ-1 | C34[4] | MEO ~21,500 km | Operational | |
| BDS M2-S | 2015-07-25 12:29 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3B/YZ-1 | C33[4] | MEO ~21,500 km | Operational | |
| BDS I2-S | 2015-09-29 23:13 |
Xichang LC-3 | Chang Zheng 3B | C32[5] | 55° inclination IGSO | Operational | |
| BDS M3-S | 2016-02-01 07:29 [6] |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3C/YZ-1 | MEO ~21,500 km | In commissioning | ||
| Compass-IGSO6 | 2016-03-29 20:11 |
Xichang LC-2 | Chang Zheng 3A | C15 | 55° inclination IGSO 95°E | In commissioning |
References
- ↑ Spaceflight Now - Launch Log
- ↑ 北斗卫星导航系统卫星状态
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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