Beidou-3 M1
Beidou-3 M1 is one of a pair of two Chinese navigation satellites launched in November 2017 as part of the BeiDou satellite navigation system.
It was launched with BeiDou-3 M2.
| Mission type | Navigation |
|---|---|
| Operator | CNSA |
| COSPAR ID | 2017-069A |
| SATCAT no. | 43001 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 5 November 2017, 18:04 UTC |
| Rocket | Long March 3B/YZ-1 |
| Launch site | Xichang LC-2 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Medium Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 21,511.3 km |
| Apogee altitude | 21,558.9 km |
| Inclination | 55.1 ° |
| Period | 773.2 minutes |
BeiDou-3 M1/M2 were launched from LC2 at Xichang Satellite Launch Center 64 kilometres northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China A Long March 3B carrier rocket with a YZ-1 upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 11:45 UTC on 5 November 2017. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It later received the international designator 2017-069A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 43001.
It is in orbital plane A in orbital slot 7.[citation needed]
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