Key statistics
Satellite BEIDOU 3M22 at a glance.
Uptime
2054
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.9
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
54.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for BEIDOU 3M22.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: BEIDOU 3M22
International designator: 2019-078B
Object number (NORAD): 44794
Object ID (CCSDS): 44794
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 773.246 minutes
Inclination: 54.223 deg
SMA: 27906.494 km
Apoapsis: 21538.16 km
Periapsis: 21518.558 km
RAAN: 311.9582 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003512
Argument of periapsis: 39.5129 deg
Mean anomaly: 320.513 deg
Mean motion: 1.86227945 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 4:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 BEIDOU 3M22
TLE line 1: 1 44794U 19078B 25186.88240480 -.00000100 00000-0 00000-0 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 44794 54.2230 311.9582 0003512 39.5129 320.5130 1.86227945 38206
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite BEIDOU 3M22.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for BEIDOU 3M22, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
These two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
BEIDOU 3M22 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M21 & M22’, on board a Long March 3B/YZ-1 space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 23, 2019, 12:55 a.m. from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2).
For more information about the launch, click the button.
Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M21 & M22
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 23, 2019, 12:55 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 3B/YZ-1
Launch pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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