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KOREASAT 5A, 42984

Orbit data source: Space-Track

KOREASAT 5A, 42984 is a payload satellite owned by KT Sat (KR) in GEO that was launched on Mon, 30 Oct 2017 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

42984, 2017-067A

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

~3,700 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-10-30 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 19.0 m

Radar Cross Section

39.423 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 17 hours ago

TLE from 17 hours ago

0 KOREASAT 5A
1 42984U 17067A   25260.22544543  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 42984   0.0168 168.6782 0001295  43.3780 338.6665  1.00268362 28795

Epoch: 2025-09-17T05:24Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-17T05:24:38.485Z)

Latitude

0.01734°

Longitude

113.15412°

Altitude

35,781.947 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 42m 52s

True Declination

0° 01' 02"

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

15:40:06

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,794.086 km

Perigee altitude

35,783.164 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.762 km

Eccentricity

0.00013

Inclination

0.0168°

RAAN

168.6782°

Arg. of periapsis

43.378°

True anomaly

338.6611°

Mean anomaly

338.6665°

Eccentric anomaly

338.6638°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.2 mins

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FALCON 9 R/B, 42985 (Decayed)

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KOREASAT 5A, 42984

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-17T05:24:38.485Z)

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