Sunday, February 26, 2017

Beidou 5

 2007-011A


The first medium-orbit Beidou, COMPASS-M1 beidou daohang weixing. The satellite entered a 773.4 minute orbit and remained there. It used PRN code 30.

Part of Zhongguo beidou daohang xitong (China Beidou Navigation System, COMPASS).


Beidou M1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2007 Apr 13  2011  Launch by CZ-3A  XSC 
  T+2:25? Stage 1 MECO 
  T+2:27? Stage 2 MES, Stage 1 sep 
  T+3:52? Fairing sep
  T+4:15? St 2 MECO 
  T+4:20? St 2 VECO 
 2015? T+4:21? St 2 sep, St 3 MES-1 
 2021? MECO-1 
 2022? MES-2? 
 2023? MECO-2 
 2023  Transfer orbit perigee, at eq. 
 2024?  Stage 3 sep 
2007 Apr 14    375.46 197 x 21525 x 55.1 
2007 Apr 18?  AKM burn  
2007 Apr 18    773.05 21509 x 21537 x 55.3 
2007 May 19    773.39 21519 x 21544 x 55.3 
2010 Jan 21    773.40 21514 x 21549 x 56.1 
2013 Aug 28    773.37 21517 x 21545 x 56.9  
2013 Sep 5   orbit raise 
2013 Sep 8    811.22 22418 x 22450 x 54.3 
2013 Oct 29    811.82 22446 x 22451 x 53.8 
2014 Jun 10    811.96 22450 x 22453 x 53.5 

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