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MACSAT (FINCH 1)
South Korean Technology Demonstrator · Contec (South Korea)
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MACSAT (Finch 1), a South Korean technology demonstration satellite testing compact imaging and communications hardware for future national small-satellite missions. compact imaging and communications hardware for future national small-satellite missions, part of South Korea's rapid emergence over the past decade as a genuine independent small-satellite manufacturing power.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 313–316 mi (504–509 km)
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- One orbit
- 94.6 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 58024
- Int’l designator
- 2023-155J
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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