Payload
KOREASAT 6
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 37265
KOREASAT 6 is a KT Corporation payload satellite, launched on December 29, 2010 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 29, 2010 at 09:27 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Hispasat-1E & Koreasat 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,795 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- KT Corporation
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 2,850 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,150 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 4.3 × 2.3 × 2.3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-070B
- NORAD catalog №
- 37265
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
South Korea- Radar cross-section
- 19.9526 m²
- Status
- Operational
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