Geostationary
BEIDOU-2 IGSO-7
Navigation (BeiDou IGSO) · CNSA / China
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One of the last BeiDou-2 IGSO satellites, maintaining the regional navigation service as BeiDou-3 takes over global navigation. The BeiDou-2 IGSO component provides continuity for millions of devices designed for the earlier system, ensuring backward compatibility as China transitions to its globally capable third-generation constellation.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 21,958–22,524 mi (35,338–36,248 km)
- Inclination
- 55.2°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 43539
- Int’l designator
- 2018-057A
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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