- Navigation satellite
- NORAD 41434
- 2016-021A
- Inclined geosynchronous
Current orbit
View on live mapOrbit began over the Indian Ocean
Orbit ends over the Indian Ocean
In view from you
Nobody watches BEIDOU IGSO-6 go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.
Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.
No brightness has been published for BEIDOU IGSO-6, so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.
Seeing it
There is nothing to go outside for: it is far too high and too faint for the naked eye. What you notice of it is a position fix, and the card above says whether it is above your horizon to give you one.
Summary
Over the Bay of Bengal LIVE
Where is BEIDOU IGSO-6?
At 8:57:09 PM UTC BEIDOU IGSO-6 was over the Bay of Bengal (10.3° N, 90.9° E), 35,992 km up, moving at 3.06 km/s and in sunlight.
What is BEIDOU IGSO-6?
A navigation satellite in an inclined geosynchronous orbit, one of the 37 navigation satellites of the BeiDou constellation.
Can I see BEIDOU IGSO-6?
No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for BEIDOU IGSO-6, and nothing here estimates one; receivers on the ground use its signals instead, whenever it is above their horizon.
General
BEIDOU IGSO-6 is one of the 37 navigation satellites of the BeiDou constellation. See every BeiDou satellite and how many are above you right now.
- Known to its operator as
- C09
- Typical altitude
- 35,300 to 36,250 km
Latest orbital data
- Position received
- 8:57 PM UTC
- Station time (UTC)
- 8:57 PM UTC
- Latitude / longitude
- 10.3° N, 90.9° E
- Altitude
- 35,992 km
- Speed
- 3.06 km/s (11,016 km/h)
- Course
- north-west
- Light
- In sunlight
- Inclination
- 60.4°
- Orbital period
- 1,435.9 minutes
- Orbits per day
- 1
- This orbit
- 35,523 to 36,044 km
- In shadow
- None of this orbit
- In view from
- Within 7,950 km of the point below it
- Elements epoch
- Sep 14, 2026, 8:24 PM, 4 days old
- Source
- Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Sep 14, 2026, 8:24 PM, 4 days old.
No operator publishes an ephemeris for BEIDOU IGSO-6, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.
In orbit
- Close approaches
- Close approaches to BEIDOU IGSO-6 are not available right now. Try again in a few minutes.
Beside the others
| Constellation | Satellites | Typical altitude | Orbital period | Planes | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeiDou | 37 | 21,450 to 21,600 km | 773 minutes | — | The China Satellite Navigation Office |
| GPS | 32 | 20,000 to 20,400 km | 718 minutes | 6 | The United States Space Force |
| Galileo | 27 | 23,100 to 23,300 km | 845 minutes | — | EUSPA, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme |
| GLONASS | 22 | 19,050 to 19,200 km | 676 minutes | — | Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation |
Data and API
The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Sep 14, 2026, 8:24 PM, 4 days old.
{
"OBJECT_NAME": "BEIDOU IGSO-6",
"OBJECT_ID": "2016-021A",
"EPOCH": "2026-09-14T20:24:38.755584",
"MEAN_MOTION": 1.00282269,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.00618159,
"INCLINATION": 60.3585,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 37.1534,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 228.1873,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 131.042,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 41434,
"ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 3837,
"BSTAR": 0,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000159,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}