Koreasat 5A
Koreasat 5A | |
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Start date | October 30, 2017, 19:34 UTC |
Launcher | Falcon 9 v1.2 |
Launch site | KSC , LC-39A |
COSPAR-ID : | 2017-067A |
Takeoff mass | 3700 kg |
Dimensions | 2.3 × 1.75 m |
Manufacturer | Thales Alenia Space |
model | SB-4000B2 |
Satellite bus | Spacebus 4000 |
lifespan | 15 years (planned) |
Stabilization | Triaxial |
operator | KT Sat |
Playback information | |
Transponder | 36 in the Ku band |
Bandwidth | 20 × 54 MHz + 12 × 36 MHz + 4 controllable with 54 MHz |
position | |
First position | 113 ° East |
List of geostationary satellites |
Koreasat 5A is a commercial communications satellite owned by the South Korean KT SAT .
He was on 30 October 2017 a 9 Falcon - carrier rocket from the rocket launch site Kennedy Space Center into a geostationary transfer orbit brought
The three-axis stabilized satellite is equipped with 36 Ku-band transponders and is supposed to provide telecommunication services and internet from the position 113 ° East from Korea, Southeast Asia and the Middle East in five footprints. It was built on the basis of the Spacebus 4000 satellite bus from Thales Alenia Space and has a planned service life of 15 years. Koreasat-5A is one of two satellites that KT SAT ordered from Thales in May 2014.
Web links
- Thales Alenia Space: manufacturer website
- KT Sat: operator website
- SpaceX: PressKit
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c spaceflight101.com: KoreaSat 5A - Falcon 9 - KoreaSat 5A , accessed November 4, 2017.
- ↑ kt sat: kt sat , accessed on November 4, 2017.
- ↑ a b NASASpaceFlight.com: SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches Koreasat 5A | NASASpaceFlight.com , accessed November 4, 2017.