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BEIDOU-3 M10
Chinese Navigation Satellite (BeiDou-3) · CNSA / China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
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BeiDou-3 M10, launched in 2018, continues China's determined push toward BeiDou-3's full 30-satellite global constellation. By this stage of deployment, China had already begun actively marketing BeiDou internationally, particularly across Belt and Road Initiative partner countries, positioning satellite navigation as both practical infrastructure and a tool of broader Chinese geopolitical influence. China's aggressive 2018 launch cadence — sometimes multiple BeiDou-3 satellites reaching orbit in a single month — reflected explicit political pressure to complete the constellation well ahead of its original mid-2020s target date.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Medium Earth Orbita high vantage point, ideal for navigation
- Altitude
- 13,377–13,386 mi (21,528–21,543 km)
- Inclination
- 54.1°
- One orbit
- 12.9 hours1.9 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 43246
- Int’l designator
- 2018-029B
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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