Koreasat 5A

Summary

Koreasat 5A is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Koreasat 5A is in the country of South Korea^[3].
• Koreasat 5A's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• Koreasat 5A's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite^[5].
• Koreasat 5A's operator is recorded as KT Sat^[6].
• Koreasat 5A's manufacturer is recorded as Thales Alenia Space^[7].
• Koreasat 5A's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2017-067A^[8].
• Koreasat 5A's space launch vehicle is recorded as Falcon 9 Full Thrust^[9].
• Koreasat 5A's SCN is recorded as 42984^[10].
• Koreasat 5A's country of origin is recorded as France^[11].
• Koreasat 5A's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[12].
• Koreasat 5A's powered by is recorded as S400^[13].
• Koreasat 5A's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[14].
• Koreasat 5A's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2017-10-30T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Koreasat 5A's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-4000B2^[16].
• Koreasat 5A's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[17].
• Koreasat 5A's start point is recorded as Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A^[18].
• Koreasat 5A's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+3500'}^[19].
• Koreasat 5A's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b60tlhcm^[20].
• Koreasat 5A's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "42984"]^[21].
• Koreasat 5A's service life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+15'}^[22].
• Koreasat 5A's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2017-067A^[23].

Why It Matters

Koreasat 5A ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]