Key statistics
Satellite BEIDOU 6 at a glance.
Uptime
5418
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
2.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for BEIDOU 6.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: BEIDOU 6
International designator: 2010-057A
Object number (NORAD): 37210
Object ID (CCSDS): 37210
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1436.084 minutes
Inclination: 2.9203 deg
SMA: 42164.48 km
Apoapsis: 35816.482 km
Periapsis: 35756.208 km
RAAN: 70.2761 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00071475
Argument of periapsis: 166.9823 deg
Mean anomaly: 180.009 deg
Mean motion: 1.00272683 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000108 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 6:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 BEIDOU 6
TLE line 1: 1 37210U 10057A 25242.77220179 -.00000108 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 37210 2.9203 70.2761 0007147 166.9823 180.0090 1.00272683 54374
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite BEIDOU 6.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
BEIDOU 6 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 3C | Compass-G4’, on board a Long March 3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 31, 2010, 4:26 p.m. from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2).
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Long March 3C | Compass-G4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 31, 2010, 4:26 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 3
Launch pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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