- Navigation satellite
- NORAD 44709
- 2019-073A
- 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 3 IGSO-3 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 3 IGSO-3, 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 Philippine Sea LIVE
Where is BEIDOU 3 IGSO-3?
At 8:56:40 PM UTC BEIDOU 3 IGSO-3 was over the Philippine Sea (23.7° N, 129.8° E), 35,657 km up, moving at 3.08 km/s and in sunlight.
What is BEIDOU 3 IGSO-3?
A navigation satellite in an inclined geosynchronous orbit, one of the 37 navigation satellites of the BeiDou constellation.
Can I see BEIDOU 3 IGSO-3?
No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for BEIDOU 3 IGSO-3, and nothing here estimates one; receivers on the ground use its signals instead, whenever it is above their horizon.
General
BEIDOU 3 IGSO-3 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
- C08
- Typical altitude
- 35,300 to 36,250 km
Latest orbital data
- Position received
- 8:56 PM UTC
- Station time (UTC)
- 8:56 PM UTC
- Latitude / longitude
- 23.7° N, 129.8° E
- Altitude
- 35,657 km
- Speed
- 3.08 km/s (11,102 km/h)
- Course
- south
- Light
- In sunlight
- Inclination
- 54.6°
- Orbital period
- 1,436.2 minutes
- Orbits per day
- 1
- This orbit
- 35,592 to 35,987 km
- In shadow
- None of this orbit
- In view from
- Within 7,940 km of the point below it
- Elements epoch
- Sep 17, 2026, 10:58 AM, 1 day old
- Source
- Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Sep 17, 2026, 10:58 AM, 1 day old.
No operator publishes an ephemeris for BEIDOU 3 IGSO-3, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.
In orbit
- Close approaches
- Close approaches to BEIDOU 3 IGSO-3 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 17, 2026, 10:58 AM, 1 day old.
{
"OBJECT_NAME": "BEIDOU 3 IGSO-3",
"OBJECT_ID": "2019-073A",
"EPOCH": "2026-09-17T10:58:06.484800",
"MEAN_MOTION": 1.00262159,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.00468287,
"INCLINATION": 54.6463,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 279.8914,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 198.1226,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 161.7471,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 44709,
"ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 2538,
"BSTAR": 0,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000154,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}