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Table 1 Constellation status of BDS-3 as of July 2020

From: Single-epoch RTK performance assessment of tightly combined BDS-2 and newly complete BDS-3

PRN code

Common name

Date of launch

Orbit

Status

Fundamental PNT service signal

C19

BDS-3 MEO-1

5.11.2017

MEO

Operational

B1I/B1C/B2a/B2b/B3I

C20

BDS-3 MEO-2

5.11.2017

MEO

Operational

 

C27

BDS-3 MEO-7

11.01.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C28

BDS-3 MEO-8

11.01.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C22

BDS-3 MEO-4

12.02.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C21

BDS-3 MEO-3

12.02.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C29

BDS-3 MEO-9

29.03.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C30

BDS-3 MEO-10

29.03,2018

MEO

Operational

 

C23

BDS-3 MEO-5

29.07.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C24

BDS-3 MEO-6

29.07.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C26

BDS-3 MEO-11

24.08.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C25

BDS-3 MEO-12

24.08.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C32

BDS-3 MEO-13

19.09.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C33

BDS-3 MEO-14

19.09.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C35

BDS-3 MEO-16

15.10.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C34

BDS-3 MEO-15

15.10.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C36

BDS-3 MEO-17

18.11.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C37

BDS-3 MEO-18

18.11.2018

MEO

Operational

 

C38

BDS-3 IGSO-1

20.04.2019

IGSO

Operational

 

C39

BDS-3 IGSO-2

25.06.2019

IGSO

Operational

 

C46

BDS-3 MEO-24

23.09.2019

MEO

Operational

 

C45

BDS-3 MEO-23

23.09.2019

MEO

Operational

 

C40

BDS-3 IGSO-3

5.11.2019

IGSO

Operational

 

C44

BDS-3 MEO-22

23.11.2019

MEO

Operational

 

C43

BDS-3 MEO-21

23.11.2019

MEO

Operational

 

C41

BDS-3 MEO-19

16.12.2019

MEO

Operational

 

C42

BDS-3 MEO-20

16.12.2019

MEO

Operational

 

C59

BDS-3 GEO-1

1.11.2018

GEO

Operational

B1I/B3I

C60

BDS-3 GEO-2

9.03.2020

GEO

Operational

 

C61

BDS-3 GEO-3

23.06.2020

GEO

Experiment

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