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Satellite · NORAD 37384 · COSPAR 2011-013A

BEIDOU-2 IGSO-3

ActivePayloadGEONavigation derived

Altitude now

35,925.0km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.06km/s

Inclination

62.54°

Period

23.9 h

1,435.8 min

Perigee

35,635km

Apogee

35,927km

orbit agingOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 23:21 UTC (21.5 h old)· Metadata updated 9 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of BEIDOU-2 IGSO-3BEIDOU-2 IGSO-3
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Latitude
9.627° N
Longitude
100.056° E
Altitude
35925.0 km
Velocity
3.064 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 23:21 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Navigation
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
31.6 m²
Constellation membership derived
BeiDou via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • BEIDOU-2 IGSO-3Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
09 Apr 2011
COSPAR launch id
2011-013

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner CodePRCCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassGEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 8 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
37384
COSPAR / international designator
2011-013A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWVN8HVCRKVKG2Q7P6M
Canonical slug
beidou-2-igso-3-37384

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Navigation) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.