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Satellite · NORAD 43823 · COSPAR 2018-100A

GEO-KOMPSAT-2A

ActivePayloadGEOUnknown derived
  • Operator Republic of Korea
  • Constellation —
  • Country South Korea

Altitude now

35,780.3km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.08km/s

Inclination

0.04°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,778km

Apogee

35,793km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:33 UTC (6.1 h old)· Metadata updated 8 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of GEO-KOMPSAT-2AGEO-KOMPSAT-2A
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Latitude
0.012° S
Longitude
128.241° E
Altitude
35780.3 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:33 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Unknown
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
—

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • GEO-KOMPSAT-2ACelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
SKOR · Republic of Korea
Country
South Korea KR

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
04 Dec 2018
COSPAR launch id
2018-100
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou

Objects from the same launch · 3

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → KRCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → SKORCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → GEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 8 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

Timeline

Events

All events →

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
43823
COSPAR / international designator
2018-100A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX0V594GM8XW5ZB1SBT
Canonical slug
geo-kompsat-2a-43823

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.