Table 3
Compass-G1 mission parameters (ILRS 2012a)

Parameter Value
Launch date 2010-01-17
Sponsor Chinese Defense Ministry
Expected life 3 years
Primary applications Positioning
Primary SLR applications Precision orbit determination
NP bin size 300 sec
Altitude 35,792.9 km
Inclination 1.53°
Eccentricity 0.00018