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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

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

KAIST Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) (Unknown / SKOR)

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 (22 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.9 m

Radar Cross Section

0.945 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 KAISTSAT 4
1 27945U 03042G   25177.84450846  .00000223  00000-0  48469-4 0  9999
2 27945  98.3449 334.0895 0011870  20.5591 339.6089 14.67412012161911

Epoch: 2025-06-26T20:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-26T20:16:05.53Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

114.86056°

Altitude

664.491 km

Speed

7.529 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 16m 21s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

35.97261°

Longitude

-58.61668°

Altitude

678.957 km

Speed

7.518 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 36m 33s

Apparent Declination

0° 21' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:06:24

Azimuth

310.124° NW

Elevation

-37.173°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

674.782 km

Perigee altitude

658.058 km

Semi-major axis

7,044.557 km

Eccentricity

0.00119

Inclination

98.3449°

RAAN

334.0895°

Arg. of periapsis

20.5591°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

339.6089°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.67082 °/min

Orbital period

98.07 mins

BSTAR

0.000048469

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Other satellites on launch #42 in the year 2003 (2003-09-27 UTC)

KAISTSAT 4 Visibility forecast

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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.
6 mins	2025-06-27 09:30:20.433Z	116.668° SE	2025-06-27 09:33:20.433Z	70.088° E	22.279°	2025-06-27 09:36:20.433Z	20.488° NNE
6 mins	2025-06-27 11:08:20.433Z	219.391° SW	2025-06-27 11:10:20.433Z	262.107° W	27.217°	2025-06-27 11:14:20.433Z	325.314° NNW
7 mins	2025-06-27 23:02:20.433Z	28.046° NE	2025-06-27 23:05:20.433Z	100.83° ESE	39.749°	2025-06-27 23:09:20.433Z	178.057° S

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