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NEONSAT-1
South Korean Disaster Monitoring Satellite · KAIST (South Korea)
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NEONSAT-1, South Korea's first satellite specifically designed for rapid disaster-response imaging, part of a planned constellation of small satellites able to image a disaster site within hours of an earthquake, flood, or landslide — built to demonstrate that Korea's growing small-satellite industry could deliver operationally useful imagery, not just proof-of-concept technology tests.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 275–282 mi (442–454 km)
- Inclination
- 97.3°
- One orbit
- 93.4 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 59587
- Int’l designator
- 2024-077A
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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