List of BeiDou satellites

This is a list of past and present satellites of the BeiDou/Compass navigation satellite system. , 44 satellites are operational: 7 in geostationary orbits (GEO), 10 in 55° inclined geosynchronous orbits (IGSO) and 27 in Medium Earth orbits (MEO). Furthermore, 8 satellites (4 in Medium Earth orbit, 2 in geostationary orbit and 2 in inclined geosynchronous orbit) are undergoing testing or commissioning.

Constellation design For BeiDou-1, the system consists of 4 GEO satellites (3 active + 1 spare).

For BeiDou-2, the nominal constellation consists of 35 satellites (27 MEO, 5 GEO for BeiDou-1 compatibility, 3 IGSO).

For BeiDou-3, the nominal constellation consists of 30 satellites (24 MEO, 3 GEO, 3 IGSO). The constellation was declared "complete" on 23 June 2020.

Satellites Summary table + Summary of satellites, as of 19 September 2024 Constellation Launch period Launches StatusSuccessFailurePlannedOperationalTesting/ReserveUnhealthy/SpareRetired 1 2000–2006 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2007–2019 20 0 0 15 0 0 5 3S 2015–2016 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 2016–present 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 Total 64 0 0 50 4 0 10

Note: 3S is the experimental / validation constellation for BeiDou-3. Although these satellites may be functional, their message format differs slightly from BD-3.

Full list # Satellite Launch date(UTC) Launch site Carrier rocket PRN Orbit Status Remarks -BeiDou-1A30 October 200016:02Xichang, LC-2Long March 3AN/AGEO 140° EBeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite -BeiDou-1B20 December 200016:20Xichang, LC-2Long March 3AN/AGEO 80° EBeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite -BeiDou-1C24 May 200316:34Xichang, LC-2Long March 3AN/AGEO 110.5° EBeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite -BeiDou-1D2 February 200716:28Xichang, LC-2Long March 3AN/AGEO 86° EBeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite 1Compass-M113 April 200720:11Xichang, LC-2Long March 3AN/AMEO ~21,500 kmBeiDou-2, second generation validation satellite 2Compass-G214 April 200916:16Xichang, LC-2Long March 3CN/AGEO driftingBeiDou-2 - Sent to GEO graveyard Orbit by Shijian-21 space Debris mitigation satellite or orbital servicing vehicle in January 2022. 3Compass-G116 January 201016:12Xichang, LC-2Long March 3CN/AGEO 140.0° EBeiDou-2 4Compass-G32 June 201015:53Xichang, LC-2Long March 3CN/AGEO 79.5° EBeiDou-2, retired on 29 September 2018 5Compass-IGSO131 July 201021:30Xichang, LC-3Long March 3AC0655° inclination IGSO 118° EBeiDou-2 6Compass-G431 October 201016:26Xichang, LC-2Long March 3CC04GEO 160.0° EBeiDou-2 7Compass-IGSO217 December 201020:20Xichang, LC-3Long March 3AC0755° inclination IGSO 118° EBeiDou-2 8Compass-IGSO39 April 201120:47Xichang, LC-3Long March 3AC0855° inclination IGSO 118° EBeiDou-2 9Compass-IGSO426 July 201121:44Xichang, LC-3Long March 3AC0955° inclination IGSO 95° EBeiDou-2 10Compass-IGSO51 December 201121:07Xichang, LC-3Long March 3AC1055° inclination IGSO 95° EBeiDou-2 11Compass-G524 February 201216:12Xichang, LC-2Long March 3CC05GEO 58.75° EBeiDou-2 12Compass-M329 April 201220:50Xichang, LC-2Long March 3BC11MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A07BeiDou-2 13Compass-M4C12MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A08BeiDou-2 14Compass-M518 September 201219:10Xichang, LC-2Long March 3BN/AMEO ~21,500 km, Slot B03BeiDou-2, transmission ended on 21 October 2014 15Compass-M6C14MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B04BeiDou-2 16Compass-G625 October 201215:33Xichang, LC-2Long March 3CC02GEO 80° EBeiDou-2, last satellite of the second generation 17Beidou-3 I1-S30 March 201513:52Xichang, LC-2Long March 3C/YZ-1C3155° inclination IGSO 95° EBeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite 18Beidou-3 M1-S25 July 201512:29Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/YZ-1C57MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A01BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite 19Beidou-3 M2-SC58MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A06BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite 20Beidou-3 I2-S29 September 201523:13Xichang, LC-3Long March 3BC5655° inclination IGSO 95° EBeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite 21Beidou-3 M3-S1 February 201607:29Xichang, LC-2Long March 3C/YZ-1N/AMEO ~21,500 kmBeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite 22Compass-IGSO629 March 201620:11Xichang, LC-2Long March 3AC1355° inclination IGSO 95° EBeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving, formerly PNR C15 23Compass-G712 June 201615:30Xichang, LC-3Long March 3CC03GEO 110.5° EBeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improvement 24BeiDou-3 M15 November 201711:45Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/YZ-1C19MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B07BeiDou-3, third generation navigation satellite. PRN C19 used until 12 June 2018. 25BeiDou-3 M2C20MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B08BeiDou-3 26BeiDou-3 M711 January 201823:18Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/YZ-1C27MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A04BeiDou-3, PRN C28 used until 12 June 2018. 27BeiDou-3 M8C28MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A05BeiDou-3 28BeiDou-3 M312 February 201805:03Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/YZ-1C21MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B05BeiDou-3 29BeiDou-3 M4C22MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B06BeiDou-3 30BeiDou-3 M929 March 201817:56Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/YZ-1C29MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A02BeiDou-3 31BeiDou-3 M10C30MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A03BeiDou-3 32Compass-IGSO79 July 201820:58Xichang, LC-2Long March 3AC1655° inclination IGSO 95° EBeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving 33BeiDou-3 M529 July 201801:48Xichang, LC-3Long March 3B/YZ-1C23MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C07BeiDou-3 34BeiDou-3 M6C24MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C01BeiDou-3 35BeiDou-3 M1124 August 201823:52Xichang, LC-3Long March 3B/YZ-1C25MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C08BeiDou-3 36BeiDou-3 M12C26MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C02BeiDou-3 37BeiDou-3 M1319 September 201814:07Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/YZ-1C32MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B01BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads. 38BeiDou-3 M14C33MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B03BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads. 39BeiDou-3 M1515 October 201804:23Xichang, LC-3Long March 3B/YZ-1C34MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A07BeiDou-3 40BeiDou-3 M16C35MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A01BeiDou-3 41BeiDou-3 G11 November 201815:57Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/EC59GEO 144.2° EBeiDou-3 42BeiDou-3 M1718 November 201818:07Xichang, LC-3Long March 3B/YZ-1C36MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C04BeiDou-3 43BeiDou-3 M18C37MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C06BeiDou-3 44BeiDou-3 I120 April 201914:41Xichang, LC-3Long March 3B/EC3855° inclination IGSO 120° EBeiDou-3 45Compass-G817 May 201915:48Xichang, LC-2Long March 3CC01GEOBeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving46BeiDou-3 I224 June 201918:09Xichang, LC-3Long March 3B/EC3955° inclination IGSO 120° EBeiDou-347BeiDou-3 M2322 September 201921:10Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/YZ-1C45MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C03BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads.48 BeiDou-3 M24C46MEO ~21,500 km, Slot C05BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads.49BeiDou-3 I34 November 201917:43Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/EC4055° inclination IGSO 120° EBeiDou-350BeiDou-3 M2123 November 201900:55Xichang, LC-3Long March 3B/YZ-1C43MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A06BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads.51BeiDou-3 M22C44MEO ~21,500 km, Slot A08BeiDou-3, with COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR payloads. 52BeiDou-3 M1916 December 201907:22Xichang, LC-3Long March 3B/YZ-1C41MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B02BeiDou-3 53BeiDou-3 M20C42MEO ~21,500 km, Slot B04BeiDou-3 54BeiDou-3 G29 March 202011:55Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/EC60GEOBeiDou-3 55BeiDou-3 G323 June 202001:43Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/EC61GEOBeiDou-3 56BeiDou-3 G417 May 202302:49Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/EC62GEOBeiDou-3 57BeiDou-3 M2626 December 202303:26Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/E/YZ-1C48MEOBeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving 58BeiDou-3 M28C50MEOBeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving 59BeiDou-3 M2519 September 202401:14Xichang, LC-2Long March 3B/E/YZ-1C47MEOBeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving; technology demonstrator for Beidou-4 60BeiDou-3 M27C49MEOBeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving; technology demonstrator for Beidou-4

Medium Earth Orbit Satellites Orbital slots SlotPlaneABC01 3-M16 3-M13 3-M602 3-M9 3-M19 3-M1203 3-M10 3-M14 3-M2304 3-M7 3-M20 3-M1705 3-M8 3-M3 3-M2406 3-M21 3-M4 3-M1807 3-M15 3-M1 3-M508 3-M22 3-M2 3-M11 Number in italic are under commissioning. Numbers in parentheses refer to non-operational satellites.

List of BeiDou satellites

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