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KOREASAT 7, 42691

Orbit data source: Space-Track

KOREASAT 7, 42691 is a payload satellite owned by KT Sat (KR) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 04 May 2017 UTC via an ARIANE 5ECA launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). 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

42691, 2017-023A

Orbit

GEO

Country

Unknown / SKOR

Related business

KT Corp. (Korea Telecom) (KR)

Manufacturer

Thales Alenia

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SPACEBUS 4000B2, S400

Mass

~3,500 kg wet, ~1,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-05-04 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 15.0 m

Radar Cross Section

21.380 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 KOREASAT 7
1 42691U 17023A   25288.93655171 -.00000376  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 42691   0.0400  13.7341 0001585 194.7365 269.3100  1.00270078 30921

Epoch: 2025-10-15T22:28Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-15T22:28:38.067Z)

Latitude

-0.0059°

Longitude

115.88496°

Altitude

35,786.638 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 50m 59s

True Declination

0° 00' 21"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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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

00:27:39

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,794.827 km

Perigee altitude

35,781.461 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.281 km

Eccentricity

0.00016

Inclination

0.04°

RAAN

13.7341°

Arg. of periapsis

194.7365°

True anomaly

269.29184°

Mean anomaly

269.31°

Eccentric anomaly

269.30092°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.17 mins

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Other satellites on launch #23 in the year 2017 (2017-05-04 UTC)

ARIANE 5 R/B, 42693

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 42694

SGDC, 42692

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KOREASAT 7, 42691

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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