Korea Aerospace Research InstituteKSLV Naro-1LC-1, Naro Space Center, South Korea
STSAT-2C
Launched
January 30, 2013
Summary
STSAT-2C launched on a Korea Aerospace Research Institute KSLV Naro-1 from LC-1, Naro Space Center, South Korea on January 30, 2013. It was Korea Aerospace Research Institute's 3rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,271st orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd KSLV Naro-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Naro Scientific Satellite, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 299 × 1,519 km orbit inclined 80.3°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- KSLV Naro-1 · Korea Aerospace Research Institute
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Technology · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd KSLV Naro-1 flight · 1st this yearKorea Aerospace Research Institute's 3rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,271st orbital launch attempt3rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Naro Scientific Satellite · NORAD 39068 · 2013-003 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-003A
- Epoch
- 2013-01-30 08:07:12 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.97708923 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0837442
- Inclination
- 80.2868°
- Ascending node
- 189.9821°
- Arg. of perigee
- 166.2242°
- Mean anomaly
- 200.9129°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Naro Scientific Satellite · NORAD 39068 · re-entered November 13, 2019
Naro-1 Stage 2 · re-entered September 16, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
STSAT-2C was a 100 kg South Korean technology satellite from KAIST carrying a laser retroreflector and space-environment instruments; it was the payload of Naro-1's first successful launch.
Pad
LC-1, Naro Space Center, South Korea
3rd launch from LC-1, 1st this year · 3rd from Naro Space Center, South Korea
3 launches from this pad · 9 from Naro Space Center, South Korea
about 3 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did STSAT-2C launch?
STSAT-2C launched on January 30, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch STSAT-2C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched STSAT-2C?
KSLV Naro-1, flown by Korea Aerospace Research Institute. KSLV Naro-1 spec sheet
Where did STSAT-2C launch from?
LC-1, Naro Space Center, South Korea.
What orbit did STSAT-2C reach?
Naro Scientific Satellite, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 299 × 1,519 km orbit inclined 80.3°.
How many satellites did STSAT-2C launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).