Key statistics
Satellite BEIDOU 16 at a glance.
Uptime
4695
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
3.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for BEIDOU 16.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: BEIDOU 16
International designator: 2012-059A
Object number (NORAD): 38953
Object ID (CCSDS): 38953
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1436.065 minutes
Inclination: 3.6833 deg
SMA: 42164.106 km
Apoapsis: 35815.58 km
Periapsis: 35756.361 km
RAAN: 76.5438 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00070224
Argument of periapsis: 319.2453 deg
Mean anomaly: 18.717 deg
Mean motion: 1.0027402 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000174 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:25 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 11:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 BEIDOU 16
TLE line 1: 1 38953U 12059A 25244.96976394 -.00000174 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 38953 3.6833 76.5438 0007022 319.2453 18.7170 1.00274020 47016
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite BEIDOU 16.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
BEIDOU 16 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 3C | Compass-G6’, on board a Long March 3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 25, 2012, 3:33 p.m. from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2).
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Long March 3C | Compass-G6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 25, 2012, 3:33 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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