Geostationary
NORAD ID: 37265
Int'l Code: 2010-070B
Perigee: 35,786.3 km
Apogee: 35,804.6 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 42166 km
Launch date: December 29, 2010
Source: South Korea (SKOR)
Comments: KOREASAT 6 is a communications satellite designed to operate at least 15 years and serve South Korea by operator KT Corp. of Seoul. Built by Orbital Sciences with Thales Alenia Space supplying the communications payload, Koreasat 6 is bound for a geostationary orbital slot at 116 degrees East longitude. It has 30 Ku-band transponders for telecommunications and direct-to-home TV transmissions. The new satellite replaces Koreasat 3 that launched aboard an Ariane 4 rocket in 1999 and was sold to another Asian spacecraft controller earlier this year.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37265U 10070B 13143.50709372 .00000000 00000-0 10000-3 0 5233
2 37265 000.0266 126.4142 0002177 254.4584 158.9658 01.00265646 6545
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for KOREASAT 6
