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Beidou

completedLaunch 2000-069
Launched 10/30/2000HEOService GSat GTO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Beidou DJW
retired
Positioning Navigation Timing
GEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
10/30/2000
Launch ID
2000-069
Launch Profile
Sat GTO O
Service Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)
Launch Vehicle
Long March 3A
Launch Site
Launch Complex 2, Xichang Space Center (Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China)
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Positioning Navigation Timing 1
Track
Mentions
154
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Chinese satellite Shijian-21 docked with a defunct Beidou spacecraft and tugged it to a graveyard orbit 300 km above geostationary Earth orbit.

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Topnet Live offers a full-constellation service using GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, and Galileo satellite systems.

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The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) develops spacecraft including Beidou satellites and has previously launched sounding rockets.

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China’s Shijian-21 space debris mitigation satellite grabbed a defunct Beidou navigation satellite and moved it about 3,0 m to the graveyard orbit above the geostationary belt.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Jun 16, 2022An In-Orbit Game of Cat and Mouse: Close approaches prompt calls for communications and norms

Shijian-21 docked with a defunct Beidou-2 navigation satellite and towed it out of geostationary orbit.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Apr 14, 2022Space domain awareness: A secret weapon against shadowy threats in orbit

China launched a space debris mitigation satellite and towed a defunct Beidou navigation satellite from geostationary orbit into a higher graveyard orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Mar 10, 2022Chinese official calls for protection of space assets, international coordination mechanisms

The 2021 white paper places greater emphasis on commercial activities and applications following a 2014 policy change to open the space sector to private capital and completion of the Beidou system.

LegalGeneralValue 2.0Jan 28, 2022China presents space plans and priorities in new white paper

The object cataloged as 2021-094C was used for early rendezvous, proximity operations, and inspection tests before Shijian-21 targeted Beidou-2 G2, according to COMSPOC tracking.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jan 27, 2022China’s Shijian-21 towed dead satellite to a high graveyard orbit

Shijian-21 docked with the defunct Beidou-2 G2 navigation satellite and altered its geostationary orbit.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 27, 2022China’s Shijian-21 towed dead satellite to a high graveyard orbit

Shijian-21 returned to geostationary orbit after undocking from Beidou-2 G2, according to tracking data from the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron.

GeneralValue 4.0Jan 27, 2022China’s Shijian-21 towed dead satellite to a high graveyard orbit

The 2022-01-22 burn moved Beidou-2 G2 beyond the usual 300-kilometer graveyard orbit above GEO into a higher disposal orbit.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 27, 2022China’s Shijian-21 towed dead satellite to a high graveyard orbit

Shijian-21 performed a large engine burn on 2022-01-22, that took the Beidou-2 G2 satellite approximately 3,0 m above the geostationary orbit belt.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jan 27, 2022China’s Shijian-21 towed dead satellite to a high graveyard orbit

The Long March 3B is likely to launch communications satellites and possibly replacement Beidou satellites into geosynchronous and medium Earth orbits in 2022.

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DielectriX antennas are targeted initially to receive PNT signals from GNSS constellations GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and Beidou.

CapabilityValue 3.5Dec 17, 2021Helix Geospace raises £3m seed funding to take its world-leading GPS antennas into mass production

The 46 GNSS stations are capable of acquiring signals from GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, and Galileo.

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The 46 GNSS stations acquire signals from GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 23, 2021The Italian Space Agency completes the New National GNSS Frame Network

GNOMES-2 acquires 2,500 daily radio occultation soundings using a large-aperture antenna that tracks GPS, Galileo, Glonass, and Beidou constellations.

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Orolia’s automated and scalable GSG-8 GNSS simulator supports current GNSS constellations including GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and BeiDou with upgrade paths to future constellations.

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China’s GNSS Beidou aims to operate from medium Earth orbit, low Earth orbit, and geostationary orbit as part of a comprehensive multi-orbit plan.

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The AsteRx SB3 receiver family offers superior availability of RTK high-accuracy positioning by tracking signals from all currently operating Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou.

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