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Designator id: 2010-001A

Description of BEIDOU G1 Satellite:

Beidou 3, also known as Compass G1, is a Chinese navigation satellite intended to form part of an eventual system, also known as Compass, composed of 35 satellites in geostationary and medium altitude orbits. Beidou 3, intended for a geostationary orbit, was launched by a Long March 3C rocket from Xichang at 16:12 UT on 16 January 2010. The Compass system is expected to be operational for Asian-Pacific users by 2012 and to global users by 2020. The positional accuracy for civilian users is expected to be about 10 m.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2010-01-16
Launch Vehicle: Long March 3C
Launch Site: Xichang, Peoples Republic of China

Funding Agencies:
Unknown (Peoples Republic of China)

Disciplines:
Navigation & Global Positioning

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 36287U 10001A   12337.82126279 -.00000276  00000-0  10000-3 0  8226
2 36287 001.6555 009.0881 0002969 193.1663 305.3554 01.00265968 10600

Last TLE update on :2012-12-03

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