Koreasat 5A

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Koreasat 5A
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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c spaceflight101.com: KoreaSat 5A - Falcon 9 - KoreaSat 5A , accessed November 4, 2017.
  2. kt sat: kt sat , accessed on November 4, 2017.
  3. a b NASASpaceFlight.com: SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches Koreasat 5A | NASASpaceFlight.com , accessed November 4, 2017.