Geostationary
KOREASAT 5A
Military / Commercial Communications · KT SAT / Republic of Korea Military
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South Korea's military communications satellite, providing secure Ku-band connectivity for Korean armed forces including the army, navy, air force, and Marine Corps. KoreaSat-5A combines commercial services with military-reserved capacity, providing Korea's defense establishment with protected satellite communications — essential for a military facing the most intensely militarized border in the world and operating under constant threat of North Korean electronic warfare.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,240–22,244 mi (35,791–35,798 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 42984
- Int’l designator
- 2017-067A
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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