🛰️ Free Satellite Downlink SpecsNORAD #43823 · WEATHER
GK-2A (Cheollian-2A Geostationary Weather Sat)
Korea's primary geostationary weather satellite monitoring typhoons and clouds over Asia-Pacific in real time.
Frequency
1692.14 MHz (L-Band HRIT/LRIT)
Modulation: BPSK LRIT / UHRIT
Orbit Altitude / Inclination
35,786 km / 0.02°
📡 Free Reception Guide
Positioned at 128.2°E; receive full-disk HD cloud & typhoon imagery every 10 mins via KMA Open API or L-Band (1692.14 MHz) xrit-rx.
NORAD Two-Line Element (TLE SGP4 Orbital Parameters)
1 43823U 18100A 26289.40000000 -.00000250 00000-0 00000+0 0 9992
2 43823 0.0185 112.4500 0000850 210.1200 21.4300 1.00271200 28901
🛠️ Recommended SDR Receiver Hardware & Decoding Stack
For Geostationary L-Band (1692.14 MHz GK-2A) reception, use a 1.7 GHz parabolic grid dish antenna, Nooelec SAWbird+ GOES LNA filter, RTL-SDR Blog V4, and SatDump.