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KSLV-II DUMMY
Launch Vehicle Mass Simulator · Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
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KSLV-II Dummy, a mass simulator flown on South Korea's Nuri rocket to validate the vehicle's payload deployment sequence — a satellite in name only, its entire job is to weigh exactly as much as a real payload would.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 432–440 mi (695–708 km)
- Inclination
- 98.2°
- One orbit
- 98.7 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 52895
- Int’l designator
- 2022-065B
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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