Launch Overview
Vehicle
Zenit-3SL
Agency
Sea Launch
Site / Pad
KLA / KLA -
Outcome
Success
Flight
SL23/DM-SL-23L
COSPAR Designator
2006-034
Mission
Mugunghwa 5 (Communications)
Koreasat 5 is South Korea's first combined civil and military communications satellite. The military part of the satellite is known as ANASIS 1 (Army/Navy/Air Force Satellite Information System 1). Alcatel Space supplied both the multimission satellite and its ground control system, along with launch and early operations phase (LEOP) support. Based on the new-generation Spacebus-4000C1 platform from Alcatel Space, Koreasat 5 features a state-of-the-art broadband payload, including new technologies developed within the scope of the Syracuse III program.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Zenit 3SL
Provider
Sea Launch
Agency launches
22 (4 YTD)
Site launches
25 (5 YTD)
Pad launches
22 (4 YTD)