Geostationary
KOREASAT 5 (MUGUNGWHA 5)
Commercial Communications · KT SAT / South Korea
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South Korea's long-running Koreasat commercial communications satellite, named after Mugungwha — the Rose of Sharon, South Korea's national flower. Koreasat-5 provides C and Ku-band services for Korean broadcasting, broadband, and maritime communications. South Korea's satellite communications sector has developed rapidly alongside the country's overall technological advancement, with domestic satellite operators competing effectively for customers across Northeast Asia.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,236–22,248 mi (35,786–35,804 km)
- Inclination
- 2.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 29349
- Int’l designator
- 2006-034A
- Launched
- 2006
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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