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
Orbit
Country
KR / SKORRelated business
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia
Mission
Operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
SPACEBUS 4000B2, S400
Mass
~3,700 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 19.0 m
Radar Cross Section
39.423 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago
TLE from 2 days ago
0 KOREASAT 5A
1 42984U 17067A 26155.00878172 -.00000346 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
2 42984 0.0227 295.4795 0001084 133.9195 299.3800 1.00270789 31396Epoch: 2026-06-04T00:12Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-04T00:12:38.740Z)
Latitude
0.03515°
Longitude
113.14267°
Altitude
35,784.112 km
Speed
3.075 km/s
True Right ascension
00h 35m 03s
True Declination
0° 02' 06"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
12:31:17
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,792.515 km
Perigee altitude
35,783.374 km
Semi-major axis
42,166.082 km
Eccentricity
0.00011
Inclination
0.0227°
RAAN
295.4795°
Arg. of periapsis
133.9195°
True anomaly
299.36918°
Mean anomaly
299.38°
Eccentric anomaly
299.37459°
Mean motion
0.25067 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.16 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 2017 (2017-10-30 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.KOREASAT 5A Visibility
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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