KOREASAT 5 (MUGUNGWHA 5)
Launch
Launched on Aug 22, 2006 from Launch Platform Odyssey aboard a Zenit 3SL.
Zenit | Mugunghwa 5 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:25 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
KT Corporation
Country
South Korea
Manufacturer
Alcatel Alenia Space
Launched
Aug 22, 2006
Mass
4,465 kg
Apogee
36,202 km
Perigee
36,132 km
Inclination
2.12°
Period
1.01 d
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Koreasat 5 is a South Korean communications satellite operated by Koreasat.
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Apogee and perigee for KOREASAT 5 (MUGUNGWHA 5) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+371.4 km
Rate
+2.51 km/day
Now
36132 × 36202 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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