Geostationary
GEO-KOMPSAT-2A
Geostationary Weather · KMA / KARI
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South Korea's first advanced geostationary weather satellite, GK-2A delivers 16-channel full-disk imagery every 10 minutes — sharp enough to watch individual thunderstorm cells boil up in real time. Korea developed it largely with domestic technology, marking its emergence as a tier-one geostationary weather satellite nation alongside the US, Japan, and Europe.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,237–22,247 mi (35,788–35,803 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 43823
- Int’l designator
- 2018-100A
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.