Satellite · NORAD 28890 · COSPAR 2005-043A
BEIJING 1
- Operator People's Republic of China
- Constellation —
- Country China
Altitude now
691.2km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.52km/s
Inclination
98.30°
Period
98.4 min
98.4 min
Perigee
671km
Apogee
692km
orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 20:10 UTC (5.3 h old)· Metadata updated 8 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.
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- Latitude
- 79.875° N
- Longitude
- 38.767° W
- Altitude
- 691.2 km
- Velocity
- 7.520 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 20:10 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- PRC · People's Republic of China
- Country
- China CN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 27 Oct 2005
- COSPAR launch id
- 2005-043
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Objects from the same launch · 7
- TOPSAT28891PayloadUnknown
- UWE-128892PayloadUnknown
- SINAH 128893PayloadActive
- SSETI EXPRESS (XO-53)28894PayloadUnknown
- CUBESAT XI-V28895PayloadActive
- NCUBE-228897PayloadUnknown
- MOZHAETS 5 & RUBIN-528898PayloadUnknown
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → CN | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → PRC | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
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 14 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 12 Sept 2026 01:01 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
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
- 28890
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2005-043A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM26M
- Canonical slug
- beijing-1-28890
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.