Koreasat 5A - Misplaced Pages

South Korean communications satellite launched in 2017

Koreasat 5A
Spacecraft properties
Falcon 9 launch from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A, carrying Koreasat 5A

Mission type	Communications Satellite
Operator	KT SAT
COSPAR ID	2017-067A
SATCAT no.	42984


Bus	Spacebus-4000B2
Manufacturer	Thales Alenia Space


Start of mission
Launch date	19:34, October 27, 2017 (UTC) (2017-10-27T19:34Z) UTC
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 4
Launch site	Kennedy Space Center LC-39A


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary (GEO)
Longitude	113° East

Koreasat 5A is a South Korean communications satellite operated by KT SAT, a subsidiary of KT Corporation. On 30 October 2017, it was launched on Falcon 9 Block 4 rocket.

Satellite name	Koresat-5A
Operator	KT SAT
Type	GEO stationary satellite
Orbit slot	113°E
Coverage	Indochina, Korea, South Asia, Indian Ocean

References

"KT Sat Picks Thales Alenia over Orbital Sciences for Two-satellite Order". spacenews.com. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
"SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches Koreasat 5A". Nasaspaceflight.com. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
"In Photos: SpaceX Launches Koreasat-5A Satellite, Lands Falcon 9 Rocket". Space.com. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
"Home". ktsat.net.

South Korean space program

Organizations

Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA)
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)

Launch sites

Sounding rockets

KARI	KSR-I KSR-II KSR-III Nuri TLV
ADD	Solid-Fuel Space Launch Vehicle TLV

Launch vehicles

KARI	Naro-1 (KSLV-I) Nuri (KSLV-II) KSLV-III (In development)
ADD	Solid-Fuel Space Launch Vehicle

Satellites

Kitsat
- 1
- 2
- 3
KOMPSAT
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 3A
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 7A
STSat
- 1
- 2A
- 2B
- 2C
- 3
KOREASAT
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 5A
- 6
- 7
CAS500
- 1
- 2
GEO-KOMPSAT
- 1
- 2A
- 2B
- 3

Space probes

Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter

Contractors

Astronauts

Related institutions

Agency for Defense Development (ADD)
KAIST Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC)
National Space Committee
ROKAF space operations center

SpaceX missions and payloads

Launch vehicles

Falcon 1
Falcon 9
- v1.0
- v1.1
- Full Thrust
- Block 5
Falcon Heavy
Starship

Falcon 1 missions

Flight 1† (FalconSAT-2)
Flight 2†
Flight 3†
Ratsat
RazakSAT

Falcon 9 missions

Demonstrations

ISS logistics

CRS-1
CRS-2
CRS-3
CRS-4
CRS-5
CRS-6
CRS-7†
CRS-8
CRS-9
CRS-10
CRS-11
CRS-12
CRS-13
CRS-14
CRS-15
CRS-16
CRS-17
CRS-18
CRS-19
CRS-20
CRS-21
CRS-22
CRS-23
CRS-24
CRS-25
CRS-26
CRS-27
CRS-28
CRS-29
Cygnus NG-20
CRS-30
Cygnus NG-21
CRS-31
CRS-32–35
Cygnus NG-22

Crewed

Commercial
satellites

SES-8
Thaicom 6
Orbcomm OG2 × 6
AsiaSat 8
AsiaSat 6
ABS-3A / Eutelsat 115 West B
TürkmenÄlem 52°E
Orbcomm OG2 × 11
SES-9
JCSAT-14
Thaicom 8
ABS-2A / Eutelsat 117 West B
JCSAT-16
AMOS-6†
Iridium NEXT 1–10
EchoStar 23
SES-10
Inmarsat-5 F4
BulgariaSat-1
Iridium NEXT 11–20
Intelsat 35e
Iridium NEXT 21–30
SES-11
Koreasat 5A
Iridium NEXT 31–40
Hispasat 30W-6
Iridium NEXT 41–50
Bangabandhu-1
Iridium NEXT 51–55
SES-12
Telstar 19V
Iridium NEXT 56–65
Telkom 4 (Merah Putih)
Telstar 18V
Es'hail 2
Iridium NEXT 66–75
Nusantara Satu / Beresheet
Amos 17
JCSAT-18
SXM 7
Türksat 5A
SXM 8
Türksat 5B
Nilesat-301
SES-22
Galaxy 33,34
Hotbird 13F
Hotbird 13G
Galaxy 31,32
Eutelsat 10B
OneWeb #15
O3b mPOWER 1,2
OneWeb #16
Amazonas Nexus
OneWeb #17
SES 18,19
Intelsat 40e
O3b mPOWER 3,4
Iridium NEXT 76-80 and OneWeb #19
ArabSat 7B
SATRIA
Galaxy 37
O3b mPOWER 5,6
Ovzon-3
Merah Putih 2
Eutelsat 36D
Galileo FOC FM25,27
WorldView Legion 1,2
Astra 1P
Türksat 6A
ASBM 1,2
WorldView Legion 3,4
BlueBird Block 1
Galileo FOC FM26,32
OneWeb #20
Koreasat 6A
Optus-X/TD7
GSAT-20
SXM 9
O3b mPOWER 7,8
Astranis

Scientific
satellites

Military
satellites

NROL-76
X-37B OTV-5
Zuma
SES-16 / GovSat-1
Paz
GPS III-01
ANASIS-II
GPS III-03
NROL-108
GPS III-04
GPS III-05
COSMO-SkyMed CSG-2
NROL-87
NROL-85 (Intruder 13A/B)
SARah 1
EROS-C3
GPS III-06
Transport and Tracking Layer (Tranche 0, Flight 1)
Transport and Tracking Layer (Tranche 0, Flight 2)
425 Project SAR Satellite
SARah 2/3
USSF-124
425 Project SAR satellite flight 2
Weather System Follow-on Microwave 1
NROL-146
NROL-186
NROL-113
NROL-167
NROL-126
GPS III-07
NROL-149
NROL-153
NROL-192
NROL-69
Spainsat NG I
SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TL-B
SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TL-C
SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TL-D
425 Project SAR satellite flight 3
SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TL-E
SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TR-C
USSF-36
USSF-31
Skynet 6A
Spainsat NG II
SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-F
SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TR-A
SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TR-E
SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T2TL-A

Starlink

List of Starlink and Starshield launches

Rideshares

2018
- SSO-A

Transporter	2021 1 2 2022 3 4 5 2023 6 7 8 9 2024 10 11
Bandwagon	2024 1 2

Falcon Heavy missions

Test flight
- Tesla Roadster
Arabsat-6A
USAF STP-2
- DSX
- FormoSat-7
- LightSail 2
- GPIM
- DSAC
- ISAT
USSF-44
USSF-67
ViaSat-3 Americas
Jupiter-3
Psyche
USSF-52 (X-37B OTV-7)
GOES-U
Europa Clipper

Starship missions

Flight tests	Suborbital Orbital 1 2 3 4 5 6
Crewed	Polaris-3 Starship HLS
Commercial satellites	Superbird-9

Ongoing spaceflights are underlined
Future missions and vehicles under development in italics
Failed missions† are marked with dagger †

v t e ← 2016 Orbital launches in 2017 2018 →
January	TJS-2 Jilin-1 Video-03 Iridium NEXT × 10 TRICOM-1 USA-273 / SBIRS GEO-3 DSN-2 Hispasat AG1
February	Intelsat 32e / SkyBrasil1 , Telkom-3S Cartosat-2D, Al Farabi-1, BGUSAT, DIDO-2, Flock-3p × 88, Lemur-2 × 8 Dragon CRS-10 Progress MS-05
March	USA-274 / Intruder 8 Tiankun-1 Sentinel-2B EchoStar 23 IGS-Radar 5 USA-275 / WGS-9 SES-10
April	Shijian 13 Cygnus CRS OA-7 , (ALTAIR , CXBN-2 , IceCube , SG-Sat , SHARC) Soyuz MS-04 Tianzhou 1, SilkRoad-1
May	USA-276 / NROL-76 Koreasat 7, SGDC-1 GSAT 9 / South Asia Satellite Inmarsat-5 F4 SES-15 "It's a Test" EKS-2
June	QZS-2 ViaSat-2, Eutelsat 172B Dragon CRS-11 (NICER, BRAC Onnesha, GhanaSat-1, Mazaalai, Nigeria EduSat-1) GSAT-19 EchoStar 21 Progress MS-06 HXMT / Insight, ÑuSat 3 ChinaSat 9A Cartosat-2E, Max Valier Sat, Aalto-1, Blue Diamond, Green Diamond, Red Diamond, CICERO-6, COMPASS-2, InflateSail, Lemur-2 × 8, LituanicaSAT-2, ROBUSTA-1B Kosmos 2519 / Nivelir, Kosmos 2521 / Sputnik Inspektor BulgariaSat-1 Iridium NEXT × 10 EuropaSat / Hellas Sat 3, GSAT-17
July	Shijian-18† Intelsat 35e Kanopus-V-IK, Flying Laptop, Flock-2k × 48, Landmapper BC 1, Landmapper BC 2, Lemur-2 × 8 Soyuz MS-05
August	OPTSAT-3000, VENµS Dragon CRS-12, ASTERIA Blagovest 11L TDRS-M Michibiki 3 Formosat-5 ORS-5 IRNSS-1H
September	USA-277 / OTV-5 Amazonas 5 Soyuz MS-06 Kosmos 2522 / GLONASS-M 752 USA-278 / NROL-42 AsiaSat 9 Yaogan-30-01 × 3 Intelsat 37e, BSAT-4a
October	VRSS-2 Iridium NEXT × 10 QZS-4 SES-11 / EchoStar 105 Sentinel-5 Precursor Progress MS-07 USA-279 / Quasar 21 Koreasat 5A SkySat × 6 , Flock-3m × 4
November	BeiDou-3 M1, BeiDou-3 M2 Mohammed VI-A Cygnus CRS OA-8E (Asgardia-1, EcAMSat, Lemur-2 × 8, TechEdSat-6) Fengyun-3D NOAA-20 Jilin-1 Video × 3 Yaogan-30-02 (3 satellites) Meteor-M No.2-1, Landmapper BC 3, Lemur-2 × 10
December	Kosmos 2524 LKW-1 Alcomsat-1 Galileo FOC 15-18 Dragon CRS-13 Soyuz MS-07 GCOM-C, SLATS Iridium NEXT 31–40 Yaogan-30-03 × 3 AngoSat 1
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

This article about one or more communications satellites is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: