Beidou IGSO 1, a Chinese navigation satellite, was launched by a Long March 3A rocket from Xichang on 31 July 2010. The craft has an orbital inclination of 55° and will eventually operate from a circular orbit of about 35800 km altitude to cover the Asia-Pacific region. Beidou IGSO 1 will join four other Beidou 2 satellites already in space and is intended to form part of an eventual system, also known as Compass, composed of 35 satellites in geostationary and medium-altitude orbits.
Satellite Information |
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| Name | Compass-IGSO1 |
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| Organization | BeiDou |
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| Country | China |
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| Continent | China |
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| Type | Satellite |
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| Launch Date | July 31, 2010 |
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| Launch Site | Xichang, LC-3, China |
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| Launch Vehicle | Long March 3A |
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| Orbit | Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO) |
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| Orbital Inclination | 118 ° E |
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| PRN | C06 |
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| Status | Operational |
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