Program: Koreasat. Objective: Communications. Overview: Korean communications satellite network. Major Events:
1995 August 5 - Mugunghwa 1. Spacecraft: AS 3000. Mass: 1,459 kg (3,216 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7000.
15 Ku-band transponders; boosted into geosynch orbit by satellite thrusters following Delta failure that left satellite in LEO; unplanned use of satellite propellant cut usable satellite lifetime by approx. 50 percent. Stationed at 116.0 deg E. Stage 1 SRM failure Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 116 deg E in 1995-1999 As of 5 September 2001 located at 47.22 deg E drifting at 0.022 deg E per day. As of 2007 Mar 9 located at 152.88E drifting at 2.155W degrees per day.
1996 January 14 - Koreasat 2. Spacecraft: AS 3000. Mass: 600 kg (1,320 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7000.
Geostationary at 116.0E. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 116 deg E in 1996-2000 As of 5 September 2001 located at 113.02 deg E drifting at 0.017 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 11 located at 116.35E drifting at 0.013W degrees per day.