BEIJING

NORAD 28890 · COSPAR 2005-043A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #12006 @ 672 x 691 km x 98.3109 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-27 22:03 UTC Â· 22.7 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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BEIJING 1
1 28890U 05043A 26300.91907839 .00000311 00000-0 69419-4 0 09994
2 28890 98.3109 75.0270 0013575 223.5815 136.4315 14.63597523120064

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

October 27th 2005

Spacecraft age

21 years

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Beijing Landview Mapping Information Technology Co. Ltd (BLMIT)

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Launch vehicle

Kosmos 3M

Contractor

Tsinghua University/University of Surrey

Launch mass

166 kg

Power

50.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.3109Â°

Period

98.39 min

Perigee

672 km

Apogee

691 km

Eccentricity

0.0013575

RAAN

75.027Â°

Arg of Perigee

223.5815Â°

Mean Motion

14.63597523 rev/d