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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
SECM
Mission
Operational Defense Navigation
Bus & Motor
BD-3M/SAR, Unknown motor
Mass
1,014 kg wet, ~850 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 5.0 m
Radar Cross Section
8.984 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 19 hours ago
TLE from 19 hours ago
0 BEIDOU 3M16
1 43648U 18078B 25351.66046448 -.00000088 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990
2 43648 54.2530 306.3494 0003933 20.2564 339.7463 1.86232271 48797Epoch: 2025-12-17T15:51Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-17T15:51:04.131Z)
Latitude
-0.00002°
Longitude
-17.9687°
Altitude
21,517.9 km
Speed
3.781 km/s
True Right ascension
20h 25m 18s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
09:12:28
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
21,538.936 km
Perigee altitude
21,516.985 km
Semi-major axis
27,906.098 km
Eccentricity
0.00039
Inclination
54.253°
RAAN
306.3494°
Arg. of periapsis
20.2564°
True anomaly
339.73069°
Mean anomaly
339.7463°
Eccentric anomaly
339.7385°
Mean motion
0.46558 °/min
Orbital period
773.23 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #78 in the year 2018 (2018-10-15 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.BEIDOU 3M16 Visibility forecast
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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. |
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| 111 mins | 2025-12-18 10:23:47.541Z | 231.306° WSW | 2025-12-18 10:23:47.541Z | 231.306° WSW | 37.692° | 2025-12-18 12:14:47.541Z | 201.069° SSW |
| 200 mins | 2025-12-18 17:39:47.541Z | 110.001° ESE | 2025-12-18 19:22:47.541Z | 69.431° E | 24.667° | 2025-12-18 20:59:47.541Z | 37.893° NE |
| 61 mins | 2025-12-19 09:22:47.541Z | 320.527° NNW | 2025-12-19 10:23:47.541Z | 307.553° NW | 25.148° | 2025-12-19 10:23:47.541Z | 307.553° NW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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