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BD-18

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 12.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 54.7° from the equator, between 21,463 and 21,609 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About BD-18

BD-18 is a satellite from China, launched on Jul 25, 2015 from Xichang Space Center, China.

It circles Earth every 773 minutes (1.9 times a day), between 21,494 and 21,562 km up, on an orbit tilted 54.7° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 55° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

Beidou-3 M1S · satellite

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 22 days its lowest point went from 21,494 km to 21,494 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
21,50021,52021,54021,560

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.