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SNIPE 2
South Korean Space Weather Formation Satellite · KASI (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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SNIPE 2, part of a South Korean four-satellite formation studying space weather and the ionosphere — flying in tight coordinated positions specifically to measure how plasma density and electric fields vary across small distances in near-Earth space, phenomena a single satellite simply cannot resolve.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 256–260 mi (413–419 km)
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- One orbit
- 92.7 minutes15.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 56745
- Int’l designator
- 2023-072C
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.