List of BeiDou satellites
This is a list of past and present satellites of the BeiDou/Compass navigation satellite system. As of May 2020, 42 satellites are operational: 6 in geostationary orbits (GEO), 10 in 55° inclined geosynchronous orbits (IGSO) and 26 in Medium Earth orbits (MEO). Furthermore, 6 satellites (2 in Medium Earth orbit, 2 in geostationary orbit and 2 in inclined geosynchronous orbit) are undergoing testing or commissioning. The full constellation consists of 35 satellites and has been completed by on 23 June 2020.
Satellites
| # | Satellite[1] | Launch date (UTC) |
Launch site | Carrier rocket[2] | PRN[3] | Orbit[3] | Status[3] | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | BeiDou-1A | 30 October 2000 16:02 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3A | N/A | GEO 140° E | Retired December 2011 |
BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite |
| - | BeiDou-1B | 20 December 2000 16:20 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3A | N/A | GEO 80° E | Retired December 2011 |
BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite |
| - | BeiDou-1C | 24 May 2003 16:34 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3A | N/A | GEO 110.5° E | Retired December 2012 |
BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite |
| - | BeiDou-1D | 2 February 2007 16:28 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3A | N/A | GEO 86° E | Retired February 2009 |
BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite |
| 1 | Compass-M1 | 13 April 2007 20:11 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3A | N/A | MEO ~21,500 km | Retired | BeiDou-2, second generation validation satellite |
| 2 | Compass-G2 | 14 April 2009 16:16 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3C | N/A | GEO drifting | Retired | BeiDou-2 |
| 3 | Compass-G1 | 16 January 2010 16:12 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3C | C01 | GEO 140.0° E | Retired | BeiDou-2 |
| 4 | Compass-G3 | 2 June 2010 15:53 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3C | N/A | GEO 79.5° E | Retired September 29, 2018 |
BeiDou-2, retired on 29 September 2018 |
| 5 | Compass-IGSO1 | 31 July 2010 21:30 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3A | C06 | 55° inclination IGSO 118° E | Operational | BeiDou-2 |
| 6 | Compass-G4 | 31 October 2010 16:26 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3C | C04 | GEO 160.0° E | Operational | BeiDou-2 |
| 7 | Compass-IGSO2 | 17 December 2010 20:20 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3A | C07 | 55° inclination IGSO 118° E | Operational | BeiDou-2 |
| 8 | Compass-IGSO3 | 9 April 2011 20:47 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3A | C08 | 55° inclination IGSO 118° E | Operational | BeiDou-2 |
| 9 | Compass-IGSO4 | 26 July 2011 21:44 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3A | C09 | 55° inclination IGSO 95° E | Operational | BeiDou-2 |
| 10 | Compass-IGSO5 | 1 December 2011 21:07 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3A | C10 | 55° inclination IGSO 95° E | Operational | BeiDou-2 |
| 11 | Compass-G5 | 24 February 2012 16:12 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3C | C05 | GEO 58.75° E | Operational | BeiDou-2 |
| 12 | Compass-M3 | 29 April 2012 20:50 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B | C11 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A07 | Retired | BeiDou-2 |
| 13 | Compass-M4 | C12 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A08 | Retired | BeiDou-2 | |||
| 14 | Compass-M5 | 18 September 2012 19:10 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B | N/A | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B03 | Retired October 21, 2014 |
BeiDou-2, transmission ended on 21 October 2014[4] |
| 15 | Compass-M6 | C14 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B04 | Retired | BeiDou-2 | |||
| 16 | Compass-G6 | 25 October 2012 15:33 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3C | C02 | GEO 80° E | Operational | BeiDou-2, last satellite of the second generation[5] |
| 17 | Beidou-3 I1-S | 30 March 2015 13:52 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3C/YZ-1 | C31 | 55° inclination IGSO 95° E | Retired Testing |
BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite[6] |
| 18 | Beidou-3 M1-S | 25 July 2015 12:29 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C57 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A01 | Retired Testing |
BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite |
| 19 | Beidou-3 M2-S | C58 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A06 | Retired Testing |
BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite | |||
| 20 | Beidou-3 I2-S | 29 September 2015 23:13 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3B | C56 | 55° inclination IGSO 95° E | Retired Testing |
BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite |
| 21 | Beidou-3 M3-S | 1 February 2016 07:29 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3C/YZ-1 | N/A | MEO ~21,500 km | Retired Testing |
BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite |
| 22 | Compass-IGSO6 | 29 March 2016 20:11 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3A | C13 | 55° inclination IGSO 95° E | Operational | BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving, formerly PNR C15[4] |
| 23 | Compass-G7 | 12 June 2016 15:30 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3C | C03 | GEO 110.5° E | Operational | BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving |
| 24 | BeiDou-3 M1 | 5 November 2017 11:45 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C19 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B07 | Operational | BeiDou-3, third generation navigation satellite. PRN C19 used until 12 June 2018.[4] |
| 25 | BeiDou-3 M2 | C20 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B08 | Operational | BeiDou-3 | |||
| 26 | BeiDou-3 M7 | 11 January 2018 23:18 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C27 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A04 | Operational | BeiDou-3, PRN C28 used until 12 June 2018. |
| 27 | BeiDou-3 M8 | C28 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A05 | Operational | BeiDou-3 | |||
| 28 | BeiDou-3 M3 | 12 February 2018 05:03 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C21[7] | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B05 | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 29 | BeiDou-3 M4 | C22[7] | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B06 | Operational | BeiDou-3 | |||
| 30 | BeiDou-3 M9 | 29 March 2018 17:56 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C29 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A02 | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 31 | BeiDou-3 M10 | C30 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A03 | Operational | BeiDou-3 | |||
| 32 | Compass-IGSO7 | 9 July 2018 20:58 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3A | C16 | 55° inclination IGSO 95° E[7] | Operational | BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving |
| 33 | BeiDou-3 M5 | 29 July 2018 01:48 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C23 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C07 | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 34 | BeiDou-3 M6 | C24 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C01 | Operational | BeiDou-3 | |||
| 35 | BeiDou-3 M11 | 24 August 2018 23:52 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C25 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C08 | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 36 | BeiDou-3 M12 | C26 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C02 | Operational | BeiDou-3 | |||
| 37 | BeiDou-3 M13 | 19 September 2018 14:07 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C32 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B01 | Operational | BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads. |
| 38 | BeiDou-3 M14 | C33 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B03 | Operational | BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads. | |||
| 39 | BeiDou-3 M15 | 15 October 2018 04:23 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C34 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A07 | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 40 | BeiDou-3 M16 | C35 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A01 | Operational | BeiDou-3 | |||
| 41 | BeiDou-3 G1 | 1 November 2018 15:57 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/E | C59 | Geosynchronous 144.2° E | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 42 | BeiDou-3 M17 | 18 November 2018 18:07 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C36 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C04 | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 43 | BeiDou-3 M18 | C37 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C06 | Operational | BeiDou-3 | |||
| 44 | BeiDou-3 I1 | 20 April 2019 14:41 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3B/E | C38 | 55° inclination IGSO | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 45 | Compass-G8 | 17 May 2019 15:48 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3C | C18 | Geosynchronous | Operational | BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving |
| 46 | BeiDou-3 I2 | 24 June 2019 18:09 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3B/E | C39 | 55° inclination IGSO | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 47 | BeiDou-3 M23 | 22 September 2019 21:10 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C45 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C03 | Operational | BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads. |
| 48 | BeiDou-3 M24 | C46 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C05 | Operational | BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads. | |||
| 49 | BeiDou-3 I3 | 4 November 2019 17:43 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/E | C40 | 55° inclination IGSO | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 50 | BeiDou-3 M21 | 23 November 2019 00:55 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C43 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A06 | Operational | BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads. |
| 51 | BeiDou-3 M22 | C44 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A08 | Operational | BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads. | |||
| 52 | BeiDou-3 M19 | 16 December 2019 07:22 |
Xichang, LC-3 | Long March 3B/YZ-1 | C41 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B02 | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 53 | BeiDou-3 M20 | C42 | MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B04 | Operational | BeiDou-3 | |||
| 54 | BeiDou-3 G2 | 9 March 2020 11:55 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/E | C60 | Geosynchronous | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
| 55 | BeiDou-3 G3 | 23 June 2020 01:43 |
Xichang, LC-2 | Long March 3B/E | C61 | Geosynchronous | Operational | BeiDou-3 |
Medium Earth Orbit Satellites Orbital slots
| Slot | Plane | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | |
| 01 | 3-M16 | 3-M13 | 3-M6 |
| 02 | 3-M9 | 3-M19 | 3-M12 |
| 03 | 3-M10 | 3-M14 | 3-M23 |
| 04 | 3-M7 | 3-M20 | 3-M17 |
| 05 | 3-M8 | 3-M3 | 3-M24 |
| 06 | 3-M21 | 3-M4 | 3-M18 |
| 07 | 3-M15 | 3-M1 | 3-M5 |
| 08 | 3-M22 | 3-M2 | 3-M11 |
| Number in italic are under commissioning. Numbers in parentheses refer to non-operational satellites. | |||
Animation of BeiDou-3
Around the Earth
Around the Earth - Polar view
Earth fixed frame - Equatorial view, front
Earth fixed frame - Equatorial view, side
Earth · I1 · I2 · I3 · G1 · G2 · G3
References
- Spaceflight Now - Launch Log
- 北斗卫星导航系统卫星状态
- "The Almanac: GPS World". GPS World. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- "IGS MGEX BeiDou". mgex.igs.org. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- "中国北斗，与美国GPS比肩而立". 人民日报海外版. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "中国北斗导航卫星再次进入密集发射期". 中国新闻社. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "系统基本信息". www.csno-tarc.cn. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
See also
External links
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