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class="infobox-data">Global</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Constellation size</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Intended number at full capacity">Nominal</abbr> satellites</th><td class="infobox-data">24 MEO, 3 GEO, 3 IGSO (BeiDou-3)<sup id="cite_ref-bd3_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bd3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="All healthy: Operational + Spare">Current usable</abbr> satellites</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>BD-3: 26 MEO, 4 GEO, 3 IGSO</li> <li>BD-2: 3 MEO, 4 GEO, 7 IGSO</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First launch</th><td class="infobox-data">30 October 2000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last launch</th><td class="infobox-data">26 December 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total launches</th><td class="infobox-data">62</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regime(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">Geostationary orbit</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Inclined_geosynchronous_orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Inclined geosynchronous orbit">Inclined geosynchronous orbit</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit" title="Medium Earth orbit">Medium Earth orbit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Orbital height</th><td class="infobox-data">Various <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Docking with <a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian-21</a> done by Compass G2</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Docking date</th><td class="infobox-data">Late December 2021<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Undocking date</th><td class="infobox-data">Late January 2022<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This is a list of past and present satellites of the <a href="/wiki/BeiDou" title="BeiDou">BeiDou/Compass navigation satellite system</a>. As of December 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_BeiDou_satellites&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 44 satellites are operational: 7 in <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary orbits</a> (GEO), 10 in 55° <a href="/wiki/Inclined_geosynchronous_orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Inclined geosynchronous orbit">inclined geosynchronous orbits</a> (IGSO) and 27 in <a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit" title="Medium Earth orbit">Medium Earth orbits</a> (MEO). Furthermore, 8 satellites (4 in Medium Earth orbit, 2 in geostationary orbit and 2 in inclined geosynchronous orbit) are undergoing testing or commissioning. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constellation_design">Constellation design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_BeiDou_satellites&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Constellation design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For BeiDou-1, the system consists of 4 GEO satellites (3 active + 1 spare).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For BeiDou-2, the nominal constellation consists of 35 satellites (27 MEO, 5 GEO for BeiDou-1 compatibility, 3 IGSO).<sup id="cite_ref-InsideGNSS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InsideGNSS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For BeiDou-3, the nominal constellation consists of 30 satellites (24 MEO, 3 GEO, 3 IGSO).<sup id="cite_ref-bd3_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bd3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The constellation was declared "complete" on 23 June 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Satellites">Satellites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_BeiDou_satellites&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Satellites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summary_table">Summary table</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_BeiDou_satellites&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Summary table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 1em 1em;"> <caption>Summary of satellites, as of 26 December 2023 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Constellation </th> <th rowspan="2">Launch <br />period </th> <th colspan="3">Launches </th> <th colspan="4">Status </th></tr> <tr> <th>Success </th> <th>Failure </th> <th>Planned </th> <th>Operational </th> <th>Testing/Reserve </th> <th>Unhealthy/Spare </th> <th>Retired </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>2000–2006</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>2007–2019</td> <td>20</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3S </th> <td>2015–2016</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>2016–present</td> <td>33</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>29</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th style="text-align: left;">62 </th> <th style="text-align: left;">0 </th> <th style="text-align: left;">0 </th> <th style="text-align: left;">44 </th> <th style="text-align: left;">8 </th> <th style="text-align: left;">0 </th> <th style="text-align: left;">10 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: 3S is the experimental / validation constellation for BeiDou-3. Although these satellites may be functional, their message format differs slightly from BD-3. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_list">Full list</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_BeiDou_satellites&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Full list"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Satellite<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Launch date<br />(UTC) </th> <th>Launch site </th> <th>Carrier rocket<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>PRN<sup id="cite_ref-constellation202201_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constellation202201-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Orbit<sup id="cite_ref-gpsworld201501_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpsworld201501-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Status<sup id="cite_ref-constellation202201_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constellation202201-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gpsworld201501_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gpsworld201501-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">- </td> <td>BeiDou-1A </td> <td>30 October 2000<br />16:02 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">GEO</a> 140° E </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><i>Retired</i><br /><span data-sort-value="000000002011-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 2011</span> </td> <td>BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">- </td> <td>BeiDou-1B </td> <td>20 December 2000<br />16:20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>GEO 80° E </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><i>Retired</i><br /><span data-sort-value="000000002011-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 2011</span> </td> <td>BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">- </td> <td>BeiDou-1C </td> <td>24 May 2003<br />16:34 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>GEO 110.5° E </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><i>Retired</i><br /><span data-sort-value="000000002012-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 2012</span> </td> <td>BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">- </td> <td>BeiDou-1D </td> <td>2 February 2007<br />16:28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>GEO 86° E </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><i>Retired</i><br /><span data-sort-value="000000002009-02-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 2009</span> </td> <td>BeiDou-1, first generation experimental satellite </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>Compass-M1 </td> <td>13 April 2007<br />20:11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><i>Retired</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2, second generation validation satellite </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td>Compass-G2 </td> <td>14 April 2009<br />16:16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">Long March 3C</a> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>GEO drifting </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><i>Retired</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 - Sent to GEO graveyard Orbit by <a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian</a>-21 space Debris mitigation satellite or orbital servicing vehicle in January 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>Compass-G1 </td> <td>16 January 2010<br />16:12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">Long March 3C</a> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>GEO 140.0° E </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><i>Retired</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>Compass-G3 </td> <td>2 June 2010<br />15:53 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">Long March 3C</a> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>GEO 79.5° E </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><i>Retired</i><br /><span data-sort-value="000000002018-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 29, 2018</span> </td> <td>BeiDou-2, retired on 29 September 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>Compass-IGSO1 </td> <td>31 July 2010<br />21:30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>C06 </td> <td>55° inclination <a href="/wiki/Inclined_geosynchronous_orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Inclined geosynchronous orbit">IGSO</a> 118° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td>Compass-G4 </td> <td>31 October 2010<br />16:26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">Long March 3C</a> </td> <td>C04 </td> <td>GEO 160.0° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td>Compass-IGSO2 </td> <td>17 December 2010<br />20:20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>C07 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 118° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <td>Compass-IGSO3 </td> <td>9 April 2011<br />20:47 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>C08 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 118° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>Compass-IGSO4 </td> <td>26 July 2011<br />21:44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>C09 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 95° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <td>Compass-IGSO5 </td> <td>1 December 2011<br />21:07 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>C10 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 95° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td>Compass-G5 </td> <td>24 February 2012<br />16:12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">Long March 3C</a> </td> <td>C05 </td> <td>GEO 58.75° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td>Compass-M3 </td> <td rowspan="2">29 April 2012<br />20:50 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a> </td> <td>C11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A07 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td>Compass-M4 </td> <td>C12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A08 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <td>Compass-M5 </td> <td rowspan="2">18 September 2012<br />19:10 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot B03 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><i>Retired</i><br /><span data-sort-value="000000002014-10-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 21, 2014</span> </td> <td>BeiDou-2, transmission ended on 21 October 2014<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <td>Compass-M6 </td> <td>C14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot B04 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <td>Compass-G6 </td> <td>25 October 2012<br />15:33 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">Long March 3C</a> </td> <td>C02 </td> <td>GEO 80° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2, last satellite of the second generation<sup id="cite_ref-people_daily_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people_daily-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">17 </td> <td>Beidou-3 I1-S </td> <td>30 March 2015<br />13:52 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">Long March 3C</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C31 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 95° E </td> <td style="background: #FF8; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-maybe"><i>Experiment</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite<sup id="cite_ref-chinanews_20150331_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chinanews_20150331-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">18 </td> <td>Beidou-3 M1-S </td> <td rowspan="2">25 July 2015<br />12:29 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C57 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A01 </td> <td style="background: #FF8; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-maybe"><i>Experiment</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19 </td> <td>Beidou-3 M2-S </td> <td>C58 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A06 </td> <td style="background: #FF8; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-maybe"><i>Experiment</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">20 </td> <td>Beidou-3 I2-S </td> <td>29 September 2015<br />23:13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a> </td> <td>C56 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 95° E </td> <td style="background: #FF8; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-maybe"><i>Experiment</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">21 </td> <td>Beidou-3 M3-S </td> <td>1 February 2016<br />07:29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">Long March 3C</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><i>Retired</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, third generation validation satellite </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">22 </td> <td>Compass-IGSO6 </td> <td>29 March 2016<br />20:11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>C13 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 95° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving, formerly PNR C15<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">23 </td> <td>Compass-G7 </td> <td>12 June 2016<br />15:30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">Long March 3C</a> </td> <td>C03 </td> <td>GEO 110.5° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BeiDou-3_M1" title="BeiDou-3 M1">BeiDou-3 M1</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">5 November 2017<br />11:45 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot B07 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, third generation navigation satellite. PRN C19 used until 12 June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">25 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M2 </td> <td>C20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot B08 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">26 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M7 </td> <td rowspan="2">11 January 2018<br />23:18 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A04 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, PRN C28 used until 12 June 2018. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">27 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M8 </td> <td>C28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A05 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">28 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M3 </td> <td rowspan="2">12 February 2018<br />05:03 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot B05 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">29 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M4 </td> <td>C22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot B06 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">30 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M9 </td> <td rowspan="2">29 March 2018<br />17:56 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A02 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">31 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M10 </td> <td>C30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A03 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">32 </td> <td>Compass-IGSO7 </td> <td>9 July 2018<br />20:58 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">Long March 3A</a> </td> <td>C16 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 95° E<sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">33 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M5 </td> <td rowspan="2">29 July 2018<br />01:48 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot C07 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">34 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M6 </td> <td>C24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot C01 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">35 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M11 </td> <td rowspan="2">24 August 2018<br />23:52 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot C08 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">36 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M12 </td> <td>C26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot C02 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">37 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M13 </td> <td rowspan="2">19 September 2018<br />14:07 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C32 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot B01 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, with <a href="/wiki/International_Cospas-Sarsat_Programme" title="International Cospas-Sarsat Programme">COSPAS-SARSAT</a> <a href="/wiki/MEOSAR" class="mw-redirect" title="MEOSAR">MEOSAR</a> payloads. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">38 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M14 </td> <td>C33 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot B03 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, with <a href="/wiki/International_Cospas-Sarsat_Programme" title="International Cospas-Sarsat Programme">COSPAS-SARSAT</a> <a href="/wiki/MEOSAR" class="mw-redirect" title="MEOSAR">MEOSAR</a> payloads. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">39 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M15 </td> <td rowspan="2">15 October 2018<br />04:23 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C34 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A07 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">40 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M16 </td> <td>C35 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A01 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">41 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 G1 </td> <td>1 November 2018<br />15:57 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B/E" class="mw-redirect" title="Long March 3B/E">Long March 3B/E</a> </td> <td>C59 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">GEO</a> 144.2° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">42 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M17 </td> <td rowspan="2">18 November 2018<br />18:07 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C36 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot C04 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">43 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M18 </td> <td>C37 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot C06 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">44 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 I1 </td> <td>20 April 2019<br />14:41 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B/E" class="mw-redirect" title="Long March 3B/E">Long March 3B/E</a> </td> <td>C38 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 120° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">45 </td> <td>Compass-G8 </td> <td>17 May 2019<br />15:48 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">Long March 3C</a> </td> <td>C01 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">GEO</a> </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-2, for reliability redundancy improving </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">46 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 I2 </td> <td>24 June 2019<br />18:09 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B/E" class="mw-redirect" title="Long March 3B/E">Long March 3B/E</a> </td> <td>C39 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 120° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">47 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M23 </td> <td rowspan="2">22 September 2019<br />21:10 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C45 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot C03 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, with <a href="/wiki/International_Cospas-Sarsat_Programme" title="International Cospas-Sarsat Programme">COSPAS-SARSAT</a> <a href="/wiki/MEOSAR" class="mw-redirect" title="MEOSAR">MEOSAR</a> payloads. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">48 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M24 </td> <td>C46 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot C05 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, with <a href="/wiki/International_Cospas-Sarsat_Programme" title="International Cospas-Sarsat Programme">COSPAS-SARSAT</a> <a href="/wiki/MEOSAR" class="mw-redirect" title="MEOSAR">MEOSAR</a> payloads. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">49 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 I3 </td> <td>4 November 2019<br />17:43 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B/E" class="mw-redirect" title="Long March 3B/E">Long March 3B/E</a> </td> <td>C40 </td> <td>55° inclination IGSO 120° E </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">50 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M21 </td> <td rowspan="2">23 November 2019<br />00:55 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C43 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A06 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, with <a href="/wiki/International_Cospas-Sarsat_Programme" title="International Cospas-Sarsat Programme">COSPAS-SARSAT</a> <a href="/wiki/MEOSAR" class="mw-redirect" title="MEOSAR">MEOSAR</a> payloads. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">51 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M22 </td> <td>C44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot A08 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, with <a href="/wiki/International_Cospas-Sarsat_Programme" title="International Cospas-Sarsat Programme">COSPAS-SARSAT</a> <a href="/wiki/MEOSAR" class="mw-redirect" title="MEOSAR">MEOSAR</a> payloads. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">52 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M19 </td> <td rowspan="2">16 December 2019<br />07:22 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-3 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C41 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot B02 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">53 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M20 </td> <td>C42 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> ~21,500 km, Slot B04 </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">54 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 G2 </td> <td>9 March 2020<br />11:55 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B/E</a> </td> <td>C60 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">GEO</a> </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">55 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 G3 </td> <td>23 June 2020<br />01:43 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B/E</a> </td> <td>C61 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">GEO</a> </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">56 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 G4 </td> <td>17 May 2023<br />02:49 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B/E</a> </td> <td>C62 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">GEO</a> </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">57 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M26 </td> <td rowspan="2">26 December 2023<br />03:26 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B/E" class="mw-redirect" title="Long March 3B/E">Long March 3B/E</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C48 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">58 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M28 </td> <td>C50 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">59 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M25 </td> <td rowspan="2">19 September 2024<br />01:14 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang</a>, LC-2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B/E" class="mw-redirect" title="Long March 3B/E">Long March 3B/E</a>/<a href="/wiki/YZ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="YZ-1">YZ-1</a> </td> <td>C47 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving; technology demonstrator for Beidou-4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">60 </td> <td>BeiDou-3 M27 </td> <td>C49 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Earth Orbit">MEO</a> </td> <td style="background: #BFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes2 table-yes2"><i>Operational</i> </td> <td>BeiDou-3, for reliability redundancy improving; technology demonstrator for Beidou-4<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medium_Earth_Orbit_Satellites_Orbital_slots">Medium Earth Orbit Satellites Orbital slots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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