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BEIDOU 3M16, 43648

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BEIDOU 3M16, 43648 is a payload satellite owned by CNSA (CN) in MEO that was launched on Mon, 15 Oct 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B/YZ-1 launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

43648, 2018-078B

Orbit

MEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

China National Space Administration (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SECM

Mission

Operational Defense Navigation

Bus & Motor

BD-3M/SAR, Unknown motor

Mass

1,014 kg wet, ~850 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-10-15 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3B/YZ-1

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

8.984 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 BEIDOU 3M16
1 43648U 18078B   25114.86627354 -.00000038  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 43648  54.4600 314.6121 0005024  40.6253 319.4357  1.86232150 44395

Epoch: 2025-04-24T20:47Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-24T20:47:26.033Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

149.63252°

Altitude

21,517.549 km

Speed

3.781 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 58m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-9.58828°

Longitude

142.68804°

Altitude

21,521.46 km

Speed

3.78 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 09m 13s

Apparent Declination

-18° 53' 58"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:29:24

Azimuth

117.188° SE

Elevation

2.344°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

21,541.985 km

Perigee altitude

21,513.945 km

Semi-major axis

27,906.102 km

Eccentricity

0.0005024

Inclination

54.46°

RAAN

314.6121°

Arg. of periapsis

40.6253°

True anomaly

319.39824°

Mean anomaly

319.4357°

Eccentric anomaly

319.41697°

Mean motion

0.46558 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

773.23 mins

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BEIDOU 3M16 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
194 mins	2025-04-25 09:46:18.888Z	107.851° ESE	2025-04-25 11:26:18.888Z	68.576° E	23.903°	2025-04-25 13:00:18.888Z	37.608° NE
240 mins	2025-04-26 01:23:18.888Z	320.377° NNW	2025-04-26 03:20:18.888Z	283.805° WNW	30.174°	2025-04-26 05:23:18.888Z	234.738° WSW

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