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Satellite · NORAD 37763 · COSPAR 2011-038A

BEIDOU-2 IGSO-4

ActivePayloadGEONavigation derived

Altitude now

35,126.3km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.12km/s

Inclination

54.60°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,112km

Apogee

36,464km

orbit agingOrbit updated 10 h ago · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 19:39 UTC (25.2 h old)· Metadata updated 10 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-4BEIDOU-2 IGSO-4
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Latitude
41.222° S
Longitude
78.951° E
Altitude
35126.3 km
Velocity
3.124 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 19:39 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • BEIDOU-2 IGSO-4Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
26 Jul 2011
COSPAR launch id
2011-038

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 10 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 10 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
37763
COSPAR / international designator
2011-038A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWVN8HVCRKVKG2Q7P78
Canonical slug
beidou-2-igso-4-37763

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.