Geostationary
BEIDOU-2 G5
Navigation (BeiDou GEO) · CNSA / China
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Part of BeiDou-2's geostationary component, providing navigation coverage across the Asia-Pacific. BeiDou GEO satellites contribute to the positioning accuracy achievable across the region by providing additional pseudorange measurements from fixed, precisely-known orbital positions — complementing the moving MEO satellites that form the core navigation network.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,224–22,260 mi (35,766–35,824 km)
- Inclination
- 3.8°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 38091
- Int’l designator
- 2012-008A
- Launched
- 2012
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 23 Sep 2026.
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