Geostationary
KOREASAT 6A
Commercial Communications · KT SAT / South Korea
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A next-generation Korean commercial communications satellite extending KT SAT's regional coverage. Koreasat-6A provides Ku and Ka-band services for Korean broadcasting, enterprise networks, maritime communications, and aviation broadband. South Korea's high-technology maritime industry — one of the world's largest shipbuilding sectors — creates specific demand for maritime satellite communications that Koreasat-6A helps meet.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,240–22,244 mi (35,792–35,798 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 61910
- Int’l designator
- 2024-206A
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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