Satellite · NORAD 40536 · COSPAR 2015-014A
KOMPSAT-3A
- Operator Republic of Korea
- Constellation —
- Country South Korea
Altitude now
369.4km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.70km/s
Inclination
97.69°
Period
92.4 min
92.4 min
Perigee
359km
Apogee
425km
orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:17 UTC (7.0 h old)· Metadata updated 9 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.
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- Latitude
- 25.033° S
- Longitude
- 118.508° E
- Altitude
- 369.4 km
- Velocity
- 7.705 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:17 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- SKOR · Republic of Korea
- Country
- South Korea KR
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 25 Mar 2015
- COSPAR launch id
- 2015-014
- Launch site
- Dombarovskiy (Yasny) Launch Site
Objects from the same launch · 2
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → KR | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → SKOR | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 7 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 9 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
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
- 40536
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2015-014A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKHAP
- Canonical slug
- kompsat-3a-40536
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Earth observation) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.