KOREASAT 6

Track KOREASAT 6 now!
KOREASAT 6 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 37265

Int'l Code: 2010-070B

Perigee: 35,786.3 km

Apogee: 35,799.9 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 15.8489 m² (large)

Launch date: December 29, 2010
Source: South Korea (SKOR)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

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.

1 37265U 10070B   18321.48297484 -.00000356  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 37265   0.0514  92.7689 0001616 122.4353 131.1804  1.00273985 28924

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC