List of Beidou satellites

    This is a list of past and present satellites of the BeiDou/Compass navigation satellite system. As of July 2015, 14 satellites are operational: 5 in geostationary orbit, 5 in geosynchronous orbits with inclination 55 degrees and 4 in medium Earth orbits.

    Satellites

    Satellite[1] Launch
    date (UTC)    		 Launch
    site    		 Carrier rocket[2] PRN[3] Orbit[3] Status[3] Remarks
    BeiDou-1A 2000-10-30
    16:02    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3A N/A GEO 140°E Retired
    December 2011    		 1st generation experimental satellite
    BeiDou-1B 2000-12-20
    16:20    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3A N/A GEO 80°E Retired
    December 2011    		 1st generation experimental satellite
    BeiDou-1C 2003-05-24
    16:34    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3A N/A GEO 110.5°E Retired
    December 2012    		 1st generation experimental satellite
    BeiDou-1D 2007-02-02
    16:28    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3A N/A GEO 86°E Retired
    February 2009    		 1st generation experimental satellite
    Compass-M1 2007-04-13
    20:11    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3A C30 MEO ~21,500 km Retired In-orbit validation satellite
    Compass-G2 2009-04-14
    16:16    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3C N/A GEO drifting Retired
    Compass-G1 2010-01-16
    16:12    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3C C01 GEO 140.0°E Operational
    Compass-G3 2010-06-02
    15:53    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3C C03 GEO 110.5°E Operational
    Compass-IGSO1 2010-07-31
    21:30    		 Xichang LC-3 Chang Zheng 3A C06 55° inclination IGSO 118°E Operational
    Compass-G4 2010-10-31
    16:26    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3C C04 GEO 160.0°E Operational
    Compass-IGSO2 2010-12-17
    20:20    		 Xichang LC-3 Chang Zheng 3A C07 55° inclination IGSO 118°E Operational
    Compass-IGSO3 2011-04-09
    20:47    		 Xichang LC-3 Chang Zheng 3A C08 55° inclination IGSO 118°E Operational
    Compass-IGSO4 2011-07-26
    21:44    		 Xichang LC-3 Chang Zheng 3A C09 55° inclination IGSO 95°E Operational
    Compass-IGSO5 2011-12-01
    21:07    		 Xichang LC-3 Chang Zheng 3A C10 55° inclination IGSO 95°E Operational
    Compass-G5 2012-02-24
    16:12    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3C C05 GEO 58.75°E Operational
    Compass-M3 2012-04-29
    20:50    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3B C11 MEO ~21,500 km Operational
    Compass-M4 2012-04-29
    20:50    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3B C12 MEO ~21,500 km Operational
    Compass-M5 2012-09-18
    19:10    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3B C13 MEO ~21,500 km Operational
    Compass-M2 2012-09-18
    19:10    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3B C14 MEO ~21,500 km Operational
    Compass-G6 2012-10-25
    15:33    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3C C02 GEO 80°E Operational
    BDS I1-S 2015-03-30
    13:52    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3C/YZ-1 C31[4] 55° inclination IGSO Operational
    BDS M1-S 2015-07-25
    12:29    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3B/YZ-1 C34[4] MEO ~21,500 km Operational
    BDS M2-S 2015-07-25
    12:29    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3B/YZ-1 C33[4] MEO ~21,500 km Operational
    BDS I2-S 2015-09-29
    23:13    		 Xichang LC-3 Chang Zheng 3B C32[5] 55° inclination IGSO Operational
    BDS M3-S 2016-02-01
    07:29 [6]    		 Xichang LC-2 Chang Zheng 3C/YZ-1 MEO ~21,500 km In commissioning

    References

    1. ↑ Spaceflight Now - Launch Log
    2. ↑ 北斗卫星导航系统卫星状态
    3. 1 2 3 "The Almanac: GPS World". GPS World. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 "First Signals of BeiDou Phase 3 Acquired at Ispra, Italy". GPS World. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
    5. ↑ "New BeiDou TMBOC Signal Tracked; Similar to Future GPS L1C Structure". GPS World. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
    6. ↑ "China launches 21st Beidou navigation satellite". Xinhua. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-02-01.

    See also

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