Koreasat

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Koreasat

Program: Koreasat. Objective: Communications. Overview: Korean communications satellite network. Major Events: .

05 August 1995 Mugunghwa 1 Spacecraft: AS 3000. Mass: 1,459 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 7925. More details
15 Ku-band transponders; boosted into geosynch orbit by satellite thrusters following Delta failure that left satellite in LEO; unplanned use of satellite propellant cut usable satellite lifetime by approx. 50 percent. Stationed at 116.0 deg E. Stage 1 SRM failure
14 January 1996 Koreasat 2 Spacecraft: AS 3000. Mass: 600 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 7925. More details
Geostationary at 116.0E.

Last update 12 March 2001.
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