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, 10 in 55° inclined geosynchronous orbits and 27 in Medium Earth orbits. Furthermore, 8 satellites are undergoing testing or commissioning.

Constellation design

For BeiDou-1, the system consists of 4 GEO satellites.
For BeiDou-2, the nominal constellation consists of 35 satellites.
For BeiDou-3, the nominal constellation consists of 30 satellites. The constellation was declared "complete" on 23 June 2020.

Satellites

Summary table

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