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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

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

KT Corp. (Korea Telecom) (Unknown / SKOR)

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, 30 m

Radar Cross Section

21.380 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 KOREASAT 7
1 42691U 17023A   25188.94349009 -.00000345  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 42691   0.0194  17.0685 0000736  97.2993 267.3135  1.00271841 29912

Epoch: 2025-07-07T22:38Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-07T22:38:37.543Z)

Latitude

0.00347°

Longitude

115.8722°

Altitude

35,786.208 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 26m 41s

True Declination

0° 00' 12"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.03555°

Longitude

-119.3145°

Altitude

35,783.481 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 29m 54s

Apparent Declination

-5° 01' 41"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:01:56

Azimuth

306.485° NW

Elevation

-41.795°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,790.753 km

Perigee altitude

35,784.546 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.787 km

Eccentricity

0.00007

Inclination

0.0194°

RAAN

17.0685°

Arg. of periapsis

97.2993°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

267.3135°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.15 mins

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

SGDC, 42692

ARIANE 5 R/B, 42693

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 42694

KOREASAT 7 Visibility

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