- Navigation satellite
- NORAD 43683
- 2018-085A
- Geostationary
Current orbit
View on live mapOne orbit takes a day, as long as the Earth takes to turn, so BEIDOU 3G1 keeps above 160° E of the equator and never crosses the sky.
It never rises or sets
BEIDOU 3G1 turns with the Earth, standing over one longitude of the equator. From anywhere it can be seen at all it is up day and night, in the same direction, so there is no pass to wait for.
No brightness has been published for BEIDOU 3G1, 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 wait for: it never crosses the sky. From the half of the Earth it stands over it keeps the same point day and night, and from the other half it never rises at all.
Summary
Over the Pacific Ocean LIVE
Where is BEIDOU 3G1?
At 8:57:07 PM UTC BEIDOU 3G1 was over the Pacific Ocean (0.8° N, 160° E), 35,760 km up, standing over one longitude of the equator and in sunlight.
What is BEIDOU 3G1?
A navigation satellite in geostationary orbit, one of the 37 navigation satellites of the BeiDou constellation.
Can I see BEIDOU 3G1?
No, not with the naked eye, and it never crosses the sky: BEIDOU 3G1 stands over 160° E of the equator; receivers on the ground use its signals instead, whenever it is above their horizon.
General
BEIDOU 3G1 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
- C04
- Typical altitude
- 35,786 to 35,786 km
Latest orbital data
- Position received
- 8:57 PM UTC
- Station time (UTC)
- 8:57 PM UTC
- Latitude / longitude
- 0.8° N, 160° E
- Altitude
- 35,760 km
- Speed
- 3.08 km/s (11,077 km/h)
- Course
- Stands over 160° E
- Light
- In sunlight until 12:39 PM UTC
- Inclination
- 2.6°
- Orbital period
- 1,436.1 minutes
- Orbits per day
- 1
- This orbit
- 35,762 to 35,813 km
- In view from
- Within 7,940 km of the point below it
- Elements epoch
- Sep 18, 2026, 6:13 AM, 14 hours old
- Source
- Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Sep 18, 2026, 6:13 AM, 14 hours old.
No operator publishes an ephemeris for BEIDOU 3G1, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.
In orbit
- Close approaches
- Close approaches to BEIDOU 3G1 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 18, 2026, 6:13 AM, 14 hours old.
{
"OBJECT_NAME": "BEIDOU 3G1",
"OBJECT_ID": "2018-085A",
"EPOCH": "2026-09-18T06:13:17.714784",
"MEAN_MOTION": 1.00272277,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.00061458,
"INCLINATION": 2.6237,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 94.7392,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 20.935,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 134.912,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 43683,
"ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 2899,
"BSTAR": 0,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000112,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}