STSAT-2C

STSAT-2C

Mission type	Technology
Operator	KARI
COSPAR ID	2013-003A
SATCAT №	39068
Mission duration	1 year
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass	100 kilograms (220 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	30 January 2013, 07:00:00 UTC[1]
Rocket	Naro-1
Launch site	Naro
Contractor	Khrunichev/KARI
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	301 kilometres (187 mi)
Apogee	1,433 kilometres (890 mi)
Inclination	80.26 degrees
Period	102.14 minutes
Epoch	31 October 2013, 04:39:57 UTC[2]

STSAT-2C, or Science and Technology Satellite 2C, or Naro Science Satellite(ko:나로과학위성) is a South Korean satellite which was launched in 2013. It is operated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, and is intended to demonstrate technology for future spacecraft. The satellite has a mass of 100 kilograms (220 lb), and is expected to operate for less than a year.^[1][3]

STSAT-2C was launched at 07:00 UTC on 30 January 2013, on the third flight of the Naro-1 carrier rocket, with a Russian first stage derived from the Angara and a South Korean second stage.^[4] Liftoff occurred from the Naro Space Centre, and the rocket successfully deployed the satellite into at 292-by-1,511-kilometre (181 by 939 mi) low Earth orbit inclined at 80.3 degrees. The launch marked the first successful flight of the Naro-1, which had previously failed to launch STSAT-2A in 2009 and STSAT-2B in 2010.^[4]

References

1. Bergin, Chris (30 January 2013). "South Korea launch STSAT-2C via KSLV-1". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
2. "STSAT 2C Satellite details 2013-003A NORAD 39068". N2YO. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
3. Krebs, Gunter. "STSAT-2C". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
4. Zak, Anatoly. "KSLV-1 launch vehicle". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 30 January 2013.