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South Korean satellite

Koreasat 7
Spacecraft properties
Launch of Ariane 5 ECA flight VA236 with Koreasat 7 and SGDC-1

Mission type	Communications Satellite
Operator	KT Sat
COSPAR ID	2017-023A
SATCAT no.	42691


Bus	Spacebus-4000B2
Manufacturer	Thales Alenia Space


Start of mission
Launch date	00:00, April 5, 2017 (UTC) (2017-04-05T00:00Z) UTC
Rocket	Ariane 5 ECA (VA236)
Launch site	Guiana Space Centre ELA-3
Contractor	Arianespace


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geosynchronous
Longitude	116° E


Transponders
Band	Ku, Ka
Coverage area	Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, India

Koreasat 7 (also known as Mugunghwa 7) is a South Korean communications satellite operated by KT SAT, a subsidiary of KT Corporation. Thales Alenia Space was contracted in 2014 to build both it and Koreasat 5A. Koreasat 7A was launched into geosynchronous orbit on 4 May 2017 aboard an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle and placed at 116 degrees east longitude to provide coverage over East Asia.

References

"Koreasat 7". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
"KT Sat Picks Thales Alenia over Orbital Sciences for Two-satellite Order". spacenews.com. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
Krebs, Gunter Dirk. "Koreasat 7 (Mugunghwa 7)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

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

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