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Satellite · NORAD 37265 · COSPAR 2010-070B

KOREASAT 6

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

Altitude now

35,777.7km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.08km/s

Inclination

0.02°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,778km

Apogee

35,795km

orbit freshOrbit updated 3 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 18:35 UTC (8.7 h old)· Metadata updated 3 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 KOREASAT 6KOREASAT 6
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Latitude
0.038° N
Longitude
159.891° E
Altitude
35777.7 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 18:35 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
20.0 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • KOREASAT 6Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
29 Dec 2010
COSPAR launch id
2010-070
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 1 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 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 ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 03:03 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
37265
COSPAR / international designator
2010-070B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWVN8HVCRKVKG2Q7P6K
Canonical slug
koreasat-6-37265

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