Geostationary
BEIDOU-2 G7
Navigation (BeiDou GEO) · CNSA / China
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A later BeiDou-2 geostationary satellite maintaining the regional navigation network. China has distributed BeiDou's GEO satellites to provide the strongest signal coverage over the Asia-Pacific where China's naval and military forces, fishing fleets, and commercial shipping concentrate — making Chinese navigation independence most critical in exactly the region where geopolitical tensions are highest.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,229–22,255 mi (35,774–35,816 km)
- Inclination
- 2.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 41586
- Int’l designator
- 2016-037A
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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