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KAISTSAT 4, 27945

Orbit data source: Space-Track

KAISTSAT 4, 27945 is a South Korean payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 UTC via a KOSMOS 11K65M launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

27945, 2003-042G

Orbit

SSO

Country

KR / SKOR

Related business

KAIST Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) (KR)

Manufacturer

SatRec Initiative

Mission

Non-operational Civil Ast/Sci

Bus & Motor

SI-200, Unknown motor

Mass

106 kg wet, 106 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2003-09-27 (23 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.945 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 5 hours ago

TLE from 5 hours ago

0 KAISTSAT 4
1 27945U 03042G   26126.46071903  .00000403  00000-0  79471-4 0  9992
2 27945  98.3808 294.2479 0012646 107.5531 252.7055 14.67852781207917

Epoch: 2026-05-06T11:03Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-06T11:03:26.124Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-95.93183°

Altitude

673.581 km

Speed

7.519 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 36m 59s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

23:58:08

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

673.917 km

Perigee altitude

656.104 km

Semi-major axis

7,043.147 km

Eccentricity

0.00126

Inclination

98.3808°

RAAN

294.2479°

Arg. of periapsis

107.5531°

True anomaly

252.5672°

Mean anomaly

252.7055°

Eccentric anomaly

252.63635°

Mean motion

3.67192 °/min

Orbital period

98.04 mins

BSTAR

0.000079471

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KAISTSAT 4 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
5 mins	2026-05-06 23:06:30.801Z	54.495° ENE	2026-05-06 23:09:30.801Z	103.719° ESE	19.202°	2026-05-06 23:11:30.801Z	134.325° SE
6 mins	2026-05-07 00:43:30.801Z	344.049° N	2026-05-07 00:46:30.801Z	277.964° WNW	29.634°	2026-05-07 00:49:30.801Z	228.864° WSW
5 mins	2026-05-07 10:07:30.801Z	101.825° ESE	2026-05-07 10:09:30.801Z	70.009° E	19.218°	2026-05-07 10:12:30.801Z	23.681° NE
7 mins	2026-05-07 11:43:30.801Z	201.467° SSW	2026-05-07 11:46:30.801Z	262.352° W	31.435°	2026-05-07 11:50:30.801Z	329.031° NNW

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KAISTSAT 4, 27945

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-06T11:03:26.124Z)

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Other satellites on launch #42 in the year 2003 (2003-09-27 UTC)

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