List of BeiDou satellites
This is a list of past and present satellites of the BeiDou/Compass navigation satellite system . As of December 2023[update] , 44 satellites are operational: 7 in geostationary orbits (GEO), 10 in 55° inclined geosynchronous orbits (IGSO) and 27 in Medium Earth orbits (MEO). Furthermore, 8 satellites (4 in Medium Earth orbit, 2 in geostationary orbit and 2 in inclined geosynchronous orbit) are undergoing testing or commissioning.
Constellation design
For BeiDou-1, the system consists of 4 GEO satellites (3 active + 1 spare).[ 4]
For BeiDou-2, the nominal constellation consists of 35 satellites (27 MEO, 5 GEO for BeiDou-1 compatibility, 3 IGSO).[ 5]
For BeiDou-3, the nominal constellation consists of 30 satellites (24 MEO, 3 GEO, 3 IGSO).[ 1] The constellation was declared "complete" on 23 June 2020.
Satellites
Summary table
Summary of satellites, as of 26 December 2023
Constellation
Launch period
Launches
Status
Success
Failure
Planned
Operational
Testing/Reserve
Unhealthy/Spare
Retired
1
2000–2006
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
2007–2019
20
0
0
15
0
0
5
3S
2015–2016
5
0
0
0
4
0
1
3
2016–present
33
0
0
29
4
0
0
Total
62
0
0
44
8
0
10
Note: 3S is the experimental / validation constellation for BeiDou-3. Although these satellites may be functional, their message format differs slightly from BD-3.
Full list
#
Satellite[ 6]
Launch date (UTC)
Launch site
Carrier rocket[ 7]
PRN[ 8]
Orbit[ 9]
Status[ 8] [ 9]
Remarks
-
BeiDou-1A
30 October 2000 16:02
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3A
N/A
GEO 140° E
Retired December 2011
BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite
-
BeiDou-1B
20 December 2000 16:20
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3A
N/A
GEO 80° E
Retired December 2011
BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite
-
BeiDou-1C
24 May 2003 16:34
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3A
N/A
GEO 110.5° E
Retired December 2012
BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite
-
BeiDou-1D
2 February 2007 16:28
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3A
N/A
GEO 86° E
Retired February 2009
BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite
1
Compass-M1
13 April 2007 20:11
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3A
N/A
MEO ~21,500 km
Retired
BeiDou-2, second generation validation satellite
2
Compass-G2
14 April 2009 16:16
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3C
N/A
GEO drifting
Retired
BeiDou-2 - Sent to GEO graveyard Orbit by Shijian -21 space Debris mitigation satellite or orbital servicing vehicle in January 2022.[ 10]
3
Compass-G1
16 January 2010 16:12
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3C
N/A
GEO 140.0° E
Retired
BeiDou-2
4
Compass-G3
2 June 2010 15:53
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3C
N/A
GEO 79.5° E
Retired September 29, 2018
BeiDou-2, retired on 29 September 2018
5
Compass-IGSO1
31 July 2010 21:30
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3A
C06
55° inclination IGSO 118° E
Operational
BeiDou-2
6
Compass-G4
31 October 2010 16:26
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3C
C04
GEO 160.0° E
Operational
BeiDou-2
7
Compass-IGSO2
17 December 2010 20:20
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3A
C07
55° inclination IGSO 118° E
Operational
BeiDou-2
8
Compass-IGSO3
9 April 2011 20:47
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3A
C08
55° inclination IGSO 118° E
Operational
BeiDou-2
9
Compass-IGSO4
26 July 2011 21:44
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3A
C09
55° inclination IGSO 95° E
Operational
BeiDou-2
10
Compass-IGSO5
1 December 2011 21:07
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3A
C10
55° inclination IGSO 95° E
Operational
BeiDou-2
11
Compass-G5
24 February 2012 16:12
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3C
C05
GEO 58.75° E
Operational
BeiDou-2
12
Compass-M3
29 April 2012 20:50
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B
C11
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A07
Operational
BeiDou-2
13
Compass-M4
C12
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A08
Operational
BeiDou-2
14
Compass-M5
18 September 2012 19:10
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B
N/A
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B03
Retired October 21, 2014
BeiDou-2, transmission ended on 21 October 2014[ 11]
15
Compass-M6
C14
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B04
Operational
BeiDou-2
16
Compass-G6
25 October 2012 15:33
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3C
C02
GEO 80° E
Operational
BeiDou-2, last satellite of the second generation[ 12]
17
Beidou-3 I1-S
30 March 2015 13:52
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3C /YZ-1
C31
55° inclination IGSO 95° E
Experiment
BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite[ 13]
18
Beidou-3 M1-S
25 July 2015 12:29
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C57
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A01
Experiment
BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite
19
Beidou-3 M2-S
C58
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A06
Experiment
BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite
20
Beidou-3 I2-S
29 September 2015 23:13
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3B
C56
55° inclination IGSO 95° E
Experiment
BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite
21
Beidou-3 M3-S
1 February 2016 07:29
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3C /YZ-1
N/A
MEO ~21,500 km
Retired
BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite
22
Compass-IGSO6
29 March 2016 20:11
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3A
C13
55° inclination IGSO 95° E
Operational
BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving, formerly PNR C15[ 11]
23
Compass-G7
12 June 2016 15:30
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3C
C03
GEO 110.5° E
Operational
BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving
24
BeiDou-3 M1
5 November 2017 11:45
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C19
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B07
Operational
BeiDou-3, third generation navigation satellite. PRN C19 used until 12 June 2018.[ 11]
25
BeiDou-3 M2
C20
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B08
Operational
BeiDou-3
26
BeiDou-3 M7
11 January 2018 23:18
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C27
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A04
Operational
BeiDou-3, PRN C28 used until 12 June 2018.
27
BeiDou-3 M8
C28
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A05
Operational
BeiDou-3
28
BeiDou-3 M3
12 February 2018 05:03
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C21
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B05
Operational
BeiDou-3
29
BeiDou-3 M4
C22
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B06
Operational
BeiDou-3
30
BeiDou-3 M9
29 March 2018 17:56
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C29
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A02
Operational
BeiDou-3
31
BeiDou-3 M10
C30
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A03
Operational
BeiDou-3
32
Compass-IGSO7
9 July 2018 20:58
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3A
C16
55° inclination IGSO 95° E[ 14]
Operational
BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving
33
BeiDou-3 M5
29 July 2018 01:48
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C23
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C07
Operational
BeiDou-3
34
BeiDou-3 M6
C24
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C01
Operational
BeiDou-3
35
BeiDou-3 M11
24 August 2018 23:52
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C25
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C08
Operational
BeiDou-3
36
BeiDou-3 M12
C26
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C02
Operational
BeiDou-3
37
BeiDou-3 M13
19 September 2018 14:07
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C32
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B01
Operational
BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads.
38
BeiDou-3 M14
C33
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B03
Operational
BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads.
39
BeiDou-3 M15
15 October 2018 04:23
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C34
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A07
Operational
BeiDou-3
40
BeiDou-3 M16
C35
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A01
Operational
BeiDou-3
41
BeiDou-3 G1
1 November 2018 15:57
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B/E
C59
GEO 144.2° E
Operational
BeiDou-3
42
BeiDou-3 M17
18 November 2018 18:07
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C36
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C04
Operational
BeiDou-3
43
BeiDou-3 M18
C37
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C06
Operational
BeiDou-3
44
BeiDou-3 I1
20 April 2019 14:41
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3B/E
C38
55° inclination IGSO 120° E
Operational
BeiDou-3
45
Compass-G8
17 May 2019 15:48
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3C
C01
GEO
Operational
BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving
46
BeiDou-3 I2
24 June 2019 18:09
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3B/E
C39
55° inclination IGSO 120° E
Operational
BeiDou-3
47
BeiDou-3 M23
22 September 2019 21:10
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C45
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C03
Operational
BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads.
48
BeiDou-3 M24
C46
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C05
Operational
BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads.
49
BeiDou-3 I3
4 November 2019 17:43
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B/E
C40
55° inclination IGSO 120° E
Operational
BeiDou-3
50
BeiDou-3 M21
23 November 2019 00:55
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C43
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A06
Operational
BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads.
51
BeiDou-3 M22
C44
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A08
Operational
BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads.
52
BeiDou-3 M19
16 December 2019 07:22
Xichang , LC-3
Long March 3B /YZ-1
C41
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B02
Operational
BeiDou-3
53
BeiDou-3 M20
C42
MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B04
Operational
BeiDou-3
54
BeiDou-3 G2
9 March 2020 11:55
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B/E
C60
GEO
Operational
BeiDou-3
55
BeiDou-3 G3
23 June 2020 01:43
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B/E
C61
GEO
In-orbit testing
BeiDou-3
56
BeiDou-3 G4
17 May 2023 02:49
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B/E
C62
GEO
In-orbit testing
BeiDou-3
57
BeiDou-3 M25
26 December 2023 03:26
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B/E /YZ-1
C48
MEO
In-orbit testing
BeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving
58
BeiDou-3 M26
C50
MEO
In-orbit testing
BeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving
59
BeiDou-3 M27
9 May 2024
Xichang , LC-2
Long March 3B/E /YZ-1
C51
MEO
Planned
BeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving
60
BeiDou-3 M28
C52
MEO
Planned
BeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving
Medium Earth Orbit Satellites Orbital slots
Slot
Plane
A
B
C
01
3-M16
3-M13
3-M6
02
3-M9
3-M19
3-M12
03
3-M10
3-M14
3-M23
04
3-M7
3-M20
3-M17
05
3-M8
3-M3
3-M24
06
3-M21
3-M4
3-M18
07
3-M15
3-M1
3-M5
08
3-M22
3-M2
3-M11
Number in italic are under commissioning. Numbers in parentheses refer to non-operational satellites.
Around the Earth - Polar view
Earth · I1 · I2 · I3 · G1 · G2 · G3
See also
References
External links