Key statistics
Satellite STEP CUBE LAB-II at a glance.
Uptime
1112
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for STEP CUBE LAB-II.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: STEP CUBE LAB-II
International designator: 2022-065D
Object number (NORAD): 52897
Object ID (CCSDS): 52897
Country: SOUTH KOREA (SKOR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.468 minutes
Inclination: 98.1743 deg
SMA: 7063.548 km
Apoapsis: 692.011 km
Periapsis: 678.815 km
RAAN: 329.0602 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009341
Argument of periapsis: 35.0335 deg
Mean anomaly: 325.148 deg
Mean motion: 14.62407391 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000634 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013471 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 11:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 STEP CUBE LAB-II
TLE line 1: 1 52897U 22065D 25187.85869629 .00000634 00000-0 13471-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 52897 98.1743 329.0602 0009341 35.0335 325.1480 14.62407391161012
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite STEP CUBE LAB-II.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second flight of the KSLV-II "Nuri" launch vehicle, carrying a dummy satellite Payload of 1500 kg to sun-synchronous orbit. The mission will in addition launch the performance verification satellite (PVSAT) and four Cubesats: - CubeSat (6U) STEP Cube Lab-II - CubeSat (3U) SNUGLITE-II - CubeSat (3U) MIMAN - CubeSat (3U) RANDEV
STEP CUBE LAB-II was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Nuri | Flight Test 2’, on board a Nuri space rocket.
The launch took place on June 21, 2022, 7 a.m. from LC-2.
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Nuri | Flight Test 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 21, 2022, 7 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Nuri
Launch pad: LC-2
Location: Naro Space Center, South Korea
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South Korea’s homegrown rocket KSLV-2 successfully put satellites into low Earth orbit for the first time in its second flight June 21.
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