Koreasat 7
| Koreasat 7 | |
|---|---|
| Start date | May 4, 2017, 19:50 UTC |
| Launcher | Ariane-5 VA236 |
| Launch site | Center Spatial Guyanais |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2017-023A |
| Takeoff mass | 3680 kg |
| Dimensions | 2.3 x 1.75 x 3.39 m |
| Manufacturer | Thales Alenia Space |
| Satellite bus | Spacebus 4000B2 |
| lifespan | 15 years (planned) |
| Stabilization | three-axis stabilized |
| operator | KT SAT |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 30 Ku-band and 3 Ka-band transponders |
| Bandwidth | 24 × 54 MHz + 6 × 27 MHz (Ku band) 3 × 255 MHz (Ka-band) |
| Others | |
| Electrical power | > 8 kW (EOL) |
| position | |
| First position | 116 ° East |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
Koreasat 7 (Mugungwha 7) is a commercial communications satellite owned by the Korean operator KT Sat , a subsidiary of Korea Telecom . He was born on May 4, 2017 at 19:50 UTC with a 5 Ariane - carrier rocket from the rocket launch site Guiana Space Center (along with sgdc ) into a geostationary brought orbit.
The satellite is stabilized in three axes and with 30 Ku-band - and 3 Ka-band - transponders equipped and pivotable Ka-band antennas. From the 116 ° East position, it provides telecommunications services to Korea, the Philippines, Indochina, India and Indonesia. It was built on the basis of the Thales Alenia Space Spacebus 4000B2 satellite bus and has a planned service life of 15 years.
Web links
- Two Thales Alenia Space satellites in orbit . Information about the start of Koreasat 7 from the manufacturer Thales
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arianespace: VA236-launchkit , accessed June 6, 2017
- ↑ a b Spaceflight101: Koreasat-7 - Ariane 5 VA236 ( Memento from May 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b nasaspaceflight.com: Ariane 5 returns to action with SGDC and Koreasat-7 launch | NASASpaceFlight.com , accessed June 6, 2017
- ↑ kt sat. Retrieved August 9, 2019 .