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ABS-1A
ABS-1A was launched on January 14, 1996 aboard a Delta 7925 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 2, 2009).
COSPAR 1996-003ANORAD 23768South Korea
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Mugunghwa 2
- Common name
- ABS-1A
- Payload designation
- Koreasat 2
- International designator
- 1996-003A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23768
- GCAT identifier
- S23768
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/304
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Koreasat
- Owner
- KTEL
- Country
- South Korea
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Telecommunications/East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- AS3000
Launch
- Date
- January 14, 1996 · 11:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-003Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7925
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,786 km
- Apogee
- 35,794 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 2, 2009
- Last known active
- June 2009
- End of operations
- Jun 1, 2015
Size
- Mass
- 792 kg
- Dry mass
- 601 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,459 kg
- Length
- 3.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 15.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14289782 (CC0).