South Korea Satellites
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
South Korea is responsible for 92 cataloged objects, of which 75 are in orbit and 59 are active. 63 of those are payloads, with 29 rocket bodies and debris. 15 have reentered. The first launched in 1992, and the most recent in 2026. Its most prolific operator by object count is KARI.
75
In orbit
59
Active
92
Total cataloged
15
Reentered
Object types
63
Payloads
29
Other (rocket bodies + debris)
South Korea satellites launched per year
Still in orbit Since reentered Click a year to list its satellites.
Top operators
The organizations responsible for the most South Korea objects.
| Operator | Objects |
|---|---|
| KARI | 17 |
| KAIST | 10 |
| SNU | 5 |
| DAPA | 4 |
| KTSAT | 3 |
| KTEL | 3 |
| NARAST | 2 |
| KHUS | 2 |
| CHOSU | 2 |
| YONS | 1 |
| UZURO | 1 |
| SPLINT | 1 |
| SATREC | 1 |
| OSSI | 1 |
| Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) | 1 |
Top spacecraft buses
The platforms South Korea satellites are built on.
| Bus | Satellites |
|---|---|
| CAS500 | 8 |
| Cubesat 3U | 7 |
| Kompsat | 5 |
| Cubesat 2U | 5 |
| Spacebus 4000B2 | 3 |
| Cubesat 6U | 3 |
| Cubesat 16U | 3 |
| UoSAT | 2 |
| STSat | 2 |
| SI-200 | 2 |
| Neonsat | 2 |
| NEXTSat | 2 |
| GK2 | 2 |
| Eurostar 3000 | 2 |
| Cubesat 1U | 2 |
See the South Korea launch history.
South Korea satellites
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| Name | NORAD | COSPAR | Bus | Owner | Launched | Orbit | Status | Track |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAS500-2 | 69013 | 2026-100AK | CAS500 | KAIST | May 3, 2026 | 95 min, 97.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| NEONSAT-1A | 67614 | 2026-019A | Neonsat | KAIST | Jan 30, 2026 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| KOMPSAT-7 | 66820 | 2025-279A | Kompsat | KARI | Dec 1, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| GYEONGGISAT-1 | 66771 | 2025-276DK | Cubesat 16U | NARAST | Nov 28, 2025 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| KSLV-II R/B | 66663 | 2025-274P | · | KARI | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Inactive | ◉ |
| E3TESTER | 66662 | 2025-274N | Cubesat 12U | KARI | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT M | 66661 | 2025-274M | Cubesat 3U | SNU | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT L | 66660 | 2025-274L | · | · | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT K | 66659 | 2025-274K | Cubesat 3U | COSMW | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| COSMIC | 66658 | 2025-274J | Cubesat 3U | UZURO | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT H | 66657 | 2025-274H | Cubesat 2U | SEJU | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT G | 66656 | 2025-274G | · | · | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| CAS500-3 | 66655 | 2025-274F | CAS500 | KAIST | Nov 26, 2025 | 97 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT E | 66654 | 2025-274E | Cubesat 3U | COSMW | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT D | 66653 | 2025-274D | · | · | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT C | 66652 | 2025-274C | · | · | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT B | 66651 | 2025-274B | · | · | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| BEE-1000 | 66650 | 2025-274A | Cubesat 6U | SPLINT | Nov 26, 2025 | 96 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| KORSAT-4 | 66293 | 2025-248A | CAS500 | DAPA | Nov 2, 2025 | 96 min, 45.4° | Active | ◉ |
| KORSAT-3 KORSAT-3 | 63630 | 2025-081A | CAS500 | DAPA | Apr 22, 2025 | 96 min, 45.4° | Active | ◉ |
| SPACEEYE-T1 | 63229 | 2025-052V | SpaceEye-T | SATREC | Mar 15, 2025 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| JINJUSAT-1B | 63210 | 2025-052A | Cubesat 2U | KTL | Mar 15, 2025 | 94 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| KORSAT-2 ADD-425-2 | 62377 | 2024-247A | CAS500 | Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) | Dec 21, 2024 | 96 min, 45.4° | Active | ◉ |
| KOREASAT 6A Mugunghwa 6A | 61910 | 2024-206A | Spacebus 4000B2 | KTSAT | Nov 11, 2024 | 1436 min, 0.0° | Active | ◉ |
| NEONSAT-1 New-space Earth Observation Satellite-1 | 59587 | 2024-077A | Neonsat | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) | Apr 23, 2024 | 94 min, 97.3° | Active | ◉ |
| KORSAT-1 425 Project SAR | 59452 | 2024-066L | CAS500 | DAPA | Apr 7, 2024 | 96 min, 45.4° | Active | ◉ |
| CONTECSAT-1 OREUM | 59117 | 2024-043V | Cubesat 16U | CONTEC | Mar 4, 2024 | 94 min, 97.6° | Active | ◉ |
| TLV R/B ADD TV2 Stage 3 | 58501 | 2023-188B | GYUB4 | ADD | Dec 4, 2023 | 94 min, 46.9° | Inactive | ◉ |
| DOORY-SAT Doory-Sat | 58500 | 2023-188A | S-STEP | HANWHA | Dec 4, 2023 | 97 min, 47.0° | Active | ◉ |
| KORSAT 7 Korsat-7 | 58463 | 2023-185B | CAS500 | DAPA | Dec 1, 2023 | 96 min, 97.6° | Active | ◉ |
| OBSERVER-1A Observer-1A | 58323 | 2023-174BV | Cubesat 16U | NARAST | Nov 11, 2023 | 94 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| KAFASAT KAFASAT | 58317 | 2023-174BP | Cubesat 3U | KAFA | Nov 11, 2023 | 88 min, 97.4° | Reentered | ◉ |
| KSLV-II R/B KSLV-II No. 3 Stage 3 | 56750 | 2023-072H | · | KARI | May 25, 2023 | 94 min, 97.5° | Inactive | ◉ |
| OBJECT G LUMIR-T1 | 56749 | 2023-072G | Cubesat 6U | LUMIR | May 25, 2023 | 93 min, 97.5° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT F JAC | 56748 | 2023-072F | Cubesat 3U | JUSTEK | May 25, 2023 | 94 min, 97.5° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT E KSAT3U | 56747 | 2023-072E | Cubesat 3U | KAIRSP | May 25, 2023 | 93 min, 97.5° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT D SNIPE 1 | 56746 | 2023-072D | Cubesat 6U | KASI | May 25, 2023 | 91 min, 97.5° | Active | ◉ |
| SNIPE 2 SNIPE 2 | 56745 | 2023-072C | Cubesat 6U | KASI | May 25, 2023 | 93 min, 97.5° | Active | ◉ |
| SNIPE 4 SNIPE 4 | 56744 | 2023-072B | Cubesat 6U | KASI | May 25, 2023 | 93 min, 97.5° | Active | ◉ |
| NEXTSAT-2 NEXTSAT-2 | 56743 | 2023-072A | NEXTSat | KAIST | May 25, 2023 | 94 min, 97.5° | Active | ◉ |
| DANURI (KPLO) Danuri | 53365 | 2022-094A | KPLO | KARI | Aug 4, 2022 | 89 min, 29.5° | Active | ◉ |
| DUMMY CUBESAT AP-JOEY | 52983 | 2022-065H | · | KARI | Jun 21, 2022 | 99 min, 98.2° | Inactive | ◉ |
| MIMAN MIMAN | 52900 | 2022-065G | Cubesat 3U | YONS | Jun 21, 2022 | 99 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| SNUGLITE-II SNUGLITE-2 | 52899 | 2022-065F | Cubesat 3U | SNU | Jun 21, 2022 | 98 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| RANDEV RANDEV | 52898 | 2022-065E | Cubesat 3U | KAIST | Jun 21, 2022 | 98 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| STEP CUBE LAB-II STEP Cube Lab II | 52897 | 2022-065D | Cubesat 6U | CHOSU | Jun 21, 2022 | 98 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| KSLV-II R/B KSLV-II No. 2 Stage 3 | 52896 | 2022-065C | · | KARI | Jun 21, 2022 | 98 min, 98.3° | Inactive | ◉ |
| KSLV-II DUMMY Wiseongmosache | 52895 | 2022-065B | · | KARI | Jun 21, 2022 | 99 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| PVSAT PVSAT | 52894 | 2022-065A | · | KARI | Jun 21, 2022 | 99 min, 98.2° | Active | ◉ |
| LEMUR-2-HANCOM-1 Sejong-1 | 52740 | 2022-057J | Cubesat 6U | HANCOM | May 25, 2022 | 87 min, 97.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| OBJECT AC KMSL | 47958 | 2021-022AC | Cubesat 3U | CHOSU | Mar 22, 2021 | 88 min, 97.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| CANYVAL-C (PUMBAA) PUMBAA | 47938 | 2021-022G | Cubesat 2U | YONS | Mar 22, 2021 | 88 min, 97.4° | Reentered | ◉ |
| CAS500-1 CAS500-1 | 47932 | 2021-022A | CAS500 | KARI | Mar 22, 2021 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| KOREASAT 116 ANASIS-II | 45920 | 2020-048A | Eurostar 3000 | ADD/DAPA | Jul 20, 2020 | 1436 min, 0.0° | Active | ◉ |
| GEO-KOMPSAT-2B Cheollian 2B | 45246 | 2020-013B | GK2 | KARI | Feb 18, 2020 | 1436 min, 0.0° | Active | ◉ |
| GEO-KOMPSAT-2A Cheollian 2A | 43823 | 2018-100A | GK2 | KARI | Dec 4, 2018 | 1436 min, 0.0° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT BS VisionCube | 43822 | 2018-099BS | Cubesat 2U | KRAU | Dec 3, 2018 | 95 min, 97.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| NEXTSAT-1 NEXTSat 1 | 43811 | 2018-099BF | NEXTSat | KAIST | Dec 3, 2018 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| OBJECT AV K2SAT | 43801 | 2018-099AV | Cubesat 3U | KAIST/KAFA | Dec 3, 2018 | 88 min, 97.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SNUGLITE SNUGLITE | 43784 | 2018-099AC | Cubesat 2U | SNU | Dec 3, 2018 | 94 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| SNUSAT-2 SNUSAT 2 | 43782 | 2018-099AA | Cubesat 3U | SNU | Dec 3, 2018 | 95 min, 97.4° | Active | ◉ |
| STEP CUBE LAB STEP Cube Lab | 43138 | 2018-004AD | Cubesat 1U | CHOSU | Jan 12, 2018 | 87 min, 97.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| OBJECT AB TOM | 43136 | 2018-004AB | Cubesat 2U | YONS | Jan 12, 2018 | 87 min, 97.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| OBJECT AA KAUSAT-5 | 43135 | 2018-004AA | Cubesat 3U | KRAU | Jan 12, 2018 | 88 min, 97.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| OBJECT Z KHUSAT-3 | 43134 | 2018-004Z | Cubesat 3U | KHUS | Jan 12, 2018 | 87 min, 97.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| CNUSAIL-1 Papillon | 43133 | 2018-004Y | Cubesat 3U | CNU | Jan 12, 2018 | 88 min, 97.3° | Reentered | ◉ |
| KOREASAT 5A Mugunghwa 5A | 42984 | 2017-067A | Spacebus 4000B2 | KTSAT | Oct 30, 2017 | 1436 min, 0.0° | Active | ◉ |
| SNUSAT-1 SNUSAT 1 | 42733 | 1998-067MN | Cubesat 2U | SNU | May 26, 2017 | 87 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| SNUSAT-1B SNUSAT 1b | 42727 | 1998-067MG | Cubesat 2U | SNU | May 25, 2017 | 88 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| LINK LINK | 42714 | 1998-067LV | Cubesat 2U | KAIST | May 18, 2017 | 88 min, 51.6° | Reentered | ◉ |
| KOREASAT 7 Koreasat 7 | 42691 | 2017-023A | Spacebus 4000B2 | KTSAT | May 4, 2017 | 1436 min, 0.0° | Active | ◉ |
| KOMPSAT-3A Arirang-3A | 40536 | 2015-014A | Kompsat | KARI | Mar 25, 2015 | 93 min, 97.7° | Active | ◉ |
| CINEMA-3 (KHUSAT-2) CINEMA 3 | 39426 | 2013-066L | Cubesat 3U | KHUS | Nov 21, 2013 | 97 min, 97.8° | Inactive | ◉ |
| CINEMA-2 (KHUSAT-2) CINEMA 2 | 39424 | 2013-066J | Cubesat 3U | KHUS | Nov 21, 2013 | 97 min, 97.9° | Inactive | ◉ |
| STSAT-3 STSat-3 | 39422 | 2013-066G | STSat | KARI | Nov 21, 2013 | 96 min, 97.6° | Active | ◉ |
| ARIRANG-5 (KOMPSAT-5) Arirang-5 | 39227 | 2013-042A | Kompsat | KARI | Aug 22, 2013 | 96 min, 97.6° | Active | ◉ |
| OSSI-1 OSSI 1 | 39131 | 2013-015B | Cubesat 1U | OSSI | Apr 19, 2013 | 89 min, 64.9° | Reentered | ◉ |
| KSLV-1 R/B Naro-1 Stage 2 | 39069 | 2013-003B | KSLV-St2 | KARI | Jan 30, 2013 | 87 min, 80.2° | Reentered | ◉ |
| STSAT-2C Naro Scientific Satellite | 39068 | 2013-003A | STSat | KARI | Jan 30, 2013 | 87 min, 80.1° | Reentered | ◉ |
| ARIRANG-3 (KOMPSAT-3) Arirang-3 | 38338 | 2012-025B | Kompsat | KARI | May 17, 2012 | 98 min, 98.1° | Active | ◉ |
| KOREASAT 6 Olleh 1 | 37265 | 2010-070B | Star 2 | KTELT | Dec 29, 2010 | 1436 min, 0.0° | Active | ◉ |
| COMS 1 Cheollian | 36744 | 2010-032A | Eurostar 3000 | KARI | Jun 26, 2010 | 1452 min, 4.9° | Active | ◉ |
| KOREASAT 5 (MUGUNGWHA 5) Mugunghwa 5 | 29349 | 2006-034A | Spacebus 4000C1 | KTELT/ADD | Aug 22, 2006 | 1436 min, 1.9° | Active | ◉ |
| ARIRANG-2 (KOMPSAT-2) Arirang-2 | 29268 | 2006-031A | Kompsat | KARI | Jul 28, 2006 | 98 min, 97.8° | Active | ◉ |
| STSAT-1 STSat-1 | 27945 | 2003-042G | SI-200 | KAIST/KARI | Sep 27, 2003 | 98 min, 98.4° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ARIRANG-1 (KOMPSAT-1) Arirang-1 | 26032 | 1999-070A | LEOStar | KARI | Dec 21, 1999 | 98 min, 98.3° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ABS-7 Mugunghwa 3 | 25894 | 1999-046A | A2100 | KTEL | Sep 4, 1999 | 1441 min, 6.6° | Inactive | ◉ |
| KITSAT 3 Uribyol-3 | 25756 | 1999-029A | SI-200 | KAIST | May 26, 1999 | 99 min, 98.6° | Inactive | ◉ |
| ABS-1A Mugunghwa 2 | 23768 | 1996-003A | AS3000 | KTEL | Jan 14, 1996 | 1443 min, 12.6° | Inactive | ◉ |
| KOREASAT 1 Mugunghwa 1 | 23639 | 1995-041A | AS3000 | KTEL | Aug 5, 1995 | 1445 min, 14.7° | Inactive | ◉ |
| KITSAT B (KO-25) Kitsat-OSCAR-25 | 22828 | 1993-061F | UoSAT | KAIST | Sep 26, 1993 | 101 min, 98.7° | Inactive | ◉ |
| KITSAT A (KO-23) Kitsat-OSCAR-23 | 22077 | 1992-052B | UoSAT | KAIST | Aug 10, 1992 | 112 min, 66.1° | Inactive | ◉ |
Frequently asked questions
How many satellites does South Korea have in orbit?
75 South Korea objects are currently in orbit, out of 92 ever cataloged. 15 have reentered.
How many South Korea satellites are active?
59 South Korea objects carry an active status in the catalog, out of 63 payloads.
When did South Korea's first satellite launch?
The first cataloged South Korea object launched in 1992, and the most recent in 2026.