BEIDOU 3M22

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite BEIDOU 3M22 at a glance.

Uptime

2213

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 1.9

Per day

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth Orbit

Inclination

54.1

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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: 773.248 minutes

Inclination: 54.0813 deg

SMA: 27906.543 km

Apoapsis: 21539.387 km

Periapsis: 21517.428 km

RAAN: 306.3451 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00039343

Argument of periapsis: 10.3646 deg

Mean anomaly: 349.6338 deg

Mean motion: 1.86227454 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000096 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 9:31 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 BEIDOU 3M22

TLE line 1: 1 44794U 19078B 25346.89678619 -.00000096 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 44794 54.0813 306.3451 0003934 10.3646 349.6338 1.86227454 41181

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite BEIDOU 3M22.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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).

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Launch to space Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M21 & M22
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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