Production Corporation PolyotKosmos-3M (11K65M)132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Beijing-1
Launched
October 27, 2005
Image: Julio Perez Suarez
Summary
Beijing-1 launched on a Production Corporation Polyot Kosmos-3M (11K65M) from 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on October 27, 2005. It was Production Corporation Polyot's 48th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,741st orbital launch attempt. It was the 435th Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Beijing-1, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 689 × 712 km orbit inclined 98.2°. 8 objects from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M) · Production Corporation Polyot
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 435th Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flight · 2nd this yearProduction Corporation Polyot's 48th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,741st orbital launch attempt47th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Beijing-1 · NORAD 28890 · 2005-043 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 8 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2005-043A
- Epoch
- 2005-10-27 14:52:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.59917812 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0015905
- Inclination
- 98.182°
- Ascending node
- 197.3234°
- Arg. of perigee
- 174.6221°
- Mean anomaly
- 185.5153°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 5
- B*
- 0.0001
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
8 catalogued: 7 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 8 still in orbit
- Beijing-1 · NORAD 28890 · in orbit
- Topsat · NORAD 28891 · in orbit
- UWE-1 · NORAD 28892 · in orbit
- Sinah-1 · NORAD 28893 · in orbit
- Express-OSCAR-53 · NORAD 28894 · in orbit
- Cubesat-OSCAR-58 · NORAD 28895 · in orbit
- NCUBE-2? · NORAD 28897 · in orbit
Kosmos-3M 52-104 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Civilian surveillance satellite.
Pad
132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
203rd launch from 132/1 (132L), 2nd this year · 1,545th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
212 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
280 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Beijing-1 launch?
Beijing-1 launched on October 27, 2005. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Beijing-1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Beijing-1?
Kosmos-3M (11K65M), flown by Production Corporation Polyot. Kosmos-3M (11K65M) spec sheet
Where did Beijing-1 launch from?
132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Beijing-1 reach?
Beijing-1, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 689 × 712 km orbit inclined 98.2°.
How many satellites did Beijing-1 launch?
7 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).