GEO-KOMPSAT-2A

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GEO-KOMPSAT-2A is classified as:

Weather
Geostationary

NORAD ID: 43823

Int'l Code: 2018-100A

Perigee: 35,792.4 km

Apogee: 35,795.5 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 4, 2018
Source: South Korea (SKOR)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

GEO-KOMPSAT-2A is South Korea’s first dedicated geostationary weather satellite, following the launch in 2010 of a multipurpose geostationary spacecraft with meteorological, communications and marine surveillance payloads. The satellite has taken a geostationary orbital slot 128.2 degrees east longitude, where it will perform 10-year mission surveying weather systems, cyclones and other phenomena across the Asia-Pacific region.

1 43823U 18100A   23338.05118941 -.00000329  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 43823   0.0538 122.6753 0000369  24.4068  72.2420  1.00271064 18373

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC