Geostationary
BEIDOU-2 IGSO-5
Navigation (BeiDou IGSO) · CNSA / China
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The fifth BeiDou-2 IGSO satellite, completing the regional coverage needed for BeiDou's standalone navigation service across the Asia-Pacific. By 2012, the BeiDou-2 constellation of GEO and IGSO satellites was providing navigation services to China and neighboring countries — making China the first nation besides the US and Russia to deploy an independent regional navigation system in full operation.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 21,941–22,544 mi (35,311–36,281 km)
- Inclination
- 47.4°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 37948
- Int’l designator
- 2011-073A
- Launched
- 2011
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 4 Nov 2026.
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