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BEIDOU-3 IGSO-1 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 44204)
Track BEIDOU-3 IGSO-1 (NORAD catalog number 44204) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It has been on orbit since 2019, launched on the 23rd orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2019-023A).
Moving at about 3.08 km/s, BEIDOU-3 IGSO-1 flies a geosynchronous orbit roughly 35,786 km up: its 23.9-hour period matches Earth's rotation, but at 58.8° inclination it is not geostationary — seen from the ground it traces a daily figure-eight around a fixed longitude, swinging about 59° north and south of the equator. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0027). Inclined 58.8° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 59° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 36.8°.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | inclined geosynchronous orbit (IGSO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~35,680 km × 35,910 km |
| Inclination | 58.81° |
| Orbital period | 1436.2 min (1.00 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00274 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2019-023A |
| NORAD catalog number | 44204 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-09-08. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
About the Navigation group
BEIDOU-3 IGSO-1 is part of China's BeiDou fleet — one of 173 global-navigation satellites in the WatchSat catalog across GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou. GNSS spacecraft broadcast precise time signals from orbits around 20,000 km up; a phone fixes its position by comparing several of them at once. See the whole navigation group live in 3D.
Can you see BEIDOU-3 IGSO-1 from the ground?
Not with the naked eye. At its altitude BEIDOU-3 IGSO-1 is far beyond unaided visibility — following satellites this high takes a telescope and good timing. You can still track it precisely in the live 3D view above, or check pass predictions for your location.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of BEIDOU-3 IGSO-1 in the Navigation group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- BEIDOU-2 G8 (NORAD 44231)
- COSMOS 2534 [GLONASS-M] (NORAD 44299)
- BEIDOU-3 IGSO-2 (NORAD 44337)
- GSAT-31 (NORAD 44035)
- NAVSTAR 78 (USA 293) (NORAD 44506)
- NAVSTAR 77 (USA 289) (NORAD 43873)
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