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KAISTSAT 4, 27945

Orbit data source: Space-Track

KAISTSAT 4, 27945 is a South Korean payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 UTC via a KOSMOS 11K65M launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

27945, 2003-042G

Orbit

SSO

Country

KR / SKOR

Related business

KAIST Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) (KR)

Manufacturer

SatRec Initiative

Mission

Non-operational Civil Ast/Sci

Bus & Motor

SI-200, Unknown motor

Mass

106 kg wet, 106 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2003-09-27 (23 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.7 m

Radar Cross Section

0.945 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 KAISTSAT 4
1 27945U 03042G   26303.41534331  .00000175  00000-0  39653-4 0  9997
2 27945  98.3936 115.5067 0010213 273.4635  86.5401 14.67969496233877

Epoch: 2026-10-30T09:58Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-30T09:58:05.661Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

-72.75265°

Altitude

670.121 km

Speed

7.522 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 42m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

17:20:54

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

671.83 km

Perigee altitude

657.445 km

Semi-major axis

7,042.774 km

Eccentricity

0.00102

Inclination

98.3936°

RAAN

115.5067°

Arg. of periapsis

273.4635°

True anomaly

86.65693°

Mean anomaly

86.5401°

Eccentric anomaly

86.59851°

Mean motion

3.67221 °/min

Orbital period

98.03 mins

BSTAR

0.000039653

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
7 mins	2026-10-30 23:38:30.627Z	43.889° NE	2026-10-30 23:41:30.627Z	87.523° E	23.844°	2026-10-30 23:45:30.627Z	148.88° SSE
6 mins	2026-10-31 01:16:30.627Z	338.761° N	2026-10-31 01:18:30.627Z	301.029° NW	31.353°	2026-10-31 01:22:30.627Z	231.582° WSW
5 mins	2026-10-31 10:40:30.627Z	99.286° ESE	2026-10-31 10:42:30.627Z	62.881° ENE	23.295°	2026-10-31 10:45:30.627Z	18.344° NNE
6 mins	2026-10-31 12:16:30.627Z	209.604° SW	2026-10-31 12:19:30.627Z	273.002° WNW	33.14°	2026-10-31 12:22:30.627Z	322.186° NNW

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KAISTSAT 4, 27945

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-30T09:58:05.661Z)

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