Payload
GEO-KOMPSAT-2A
OperationalPayloadGEO
GEO-KOMPSAT-2A is a Korea Meteorological Administration/National Meteorological Satellite Center payload satellite, launched on December 4, 2018 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 4, 2018 at 08:37 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- GSAT-11 & GEO-KOMPSAT-2A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,794 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Orbital period
- 1436.08 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Korea Meteorological Administration/National Meteorological Satellite Center
- Manufacturer
- Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 3,507 kg
- Power
- 2,600 W
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-100A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43823
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
South Korea- Status
- Operational
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