KOREASAT-5A

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KOREASAT-5A is classified as:

NORAD ID: 42984

Int'l Code: 2017-067A

Perigee: 35,785.1 km

Apogee: 35,803.2 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 30, 2017
Source: South Korea (SKOR)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

KOREASAT-5A is a Korean-owned commercial communications geostationary satellite to provide Internet access, television broadcast and other multimedia services in Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Guam, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Designed for a 15-year mission, Koreasat 5A is based on Thales' Spacebus 4000B2 satellite bus and is destined to place Koreasat 5, a communications craft launched in 2006. Koreasat 5A is parked at 113 degrees east longitude. KOREASAT-5A will also offer coverage for maritime communications in the Middle East, the Indian Ocean, the South China Sea and the East China Sea.

1 42984U 17067A   24325.84860015 -.00000357  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 42984   0.0106 319.4413 0002146 284.7307 234.8375  1.00270395 25786

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC