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Satellite · NORAD 56564 · COSPAR 2023-066A

BEIDOU-3 G4

ActivePayloadGEONavigation derived

Altitude now

35,784.8km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.44°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,765km

Apogee

35,809km

orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:05 UTC (8.4 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-3 G4BEIDOU-3 G4
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
0.387° N
Longitude
140.003° E
Altitude
35784.8 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:05 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • BEIDOU-3 G4Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
17 May 2023
COSPAR launch id
2023-066

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 7 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 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 20:57 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
56564
COSPAR / international designator
2023-066A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SXMK8BBGTM6FSSB6GSX
Canonical slug
beidou-3-g4-56564

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.