Geostationary
KOREASAT 116
Military Communications · Republic of Korea Air Force
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A Korean military communications satellite providing secure government and defense connectivity. South Korea has invested in dedicated military satellite capacity separate from its commercial operators — recognizing that a country facing the North Korean threat requires guaranteed, hardened military communications that don't share capacity with commercial users who might face outages during crises.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,239–22,246 mi (35,790–35,801 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 45920
- Int’l designator
- 2020-048A
- Launched
- 2020
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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