NEXTSat-2
COSPAR 2023-072A · NORAD 56743
🇰🇷 Korea
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
📡 ReceptionNORAD #56743
Frequency
X-Band (9.65 GHz SAR & downlink) / S-Band
Modulation: Compact Korean X-band SAR + space radiation monitor (LEO-DOS)
Free Reception Guide
Launched 25 May 2023 on Nuri's third flight into a 550 km dawn-dusk orbit, now about 475–480 km (CelesTrak SATCAT); a technology demonstrator for small radar satellites.NORAD Two-Line Element (TLE · SGP4) — TLE epoch 2026-11-03 23:41 UTC
1 56743U 23072A 26307.98749014 .00004391 00000+0 15616-3 0 9997
2 56743 97.5137 146.3892 0003889 234.8156 125.2720 15.29526017190950
This satellite's image downlink (high-rate X-band etc.) is not something hobby equipment can receive. Use the operator's public imagery services and follow its position on the Earth 3D view (CelesTrak elements).
Mission
- Agency
- Korea Aerospace Research Institute
- Launch date
- 2023-05-25
- Status (SATCAT)
- operational
- Launch site code
- NSC
- Owner code
- SKOR
- COSPAR ID
- 2023-072A
- NORAD ID
- 56,743
Source:Korea Aerospace Research Institute · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 94.15 min
- Inclination
- 97.51°
- Apogee
- 480 km
- Perigee
- 475 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles Earth every 94 minutes — about 15.3 orbits a day (CelesTrak).
- Someone born in its launch year (2023) turns 3 this year.