Key statistics
Satellite NEXTSAT-2 at a glance.
Uptime
933
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for NEXTSAT-2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: NEXTSAT-2
International designator: 2023-072A
Object number (NORAD): 56743
Object ID (CCSDS): 56743
Country: SOUTH KOREA (SKOR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.439 minutes
Inclination: 97.5292 deg
SMA: 6869.551 km
Apoapsis: 495.024 km
Periapsis: 487.808 km
RAAN: 176.8885 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00052524
Argument of periapsis: 332.82 deg
Mean anomaly: 27.2762 deg
Mean motion: 15.24790809 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011932 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00048360242 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 8:04 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NEXTSAT-2
TLE line 1: 1 56743U 23072A 25346.33675787 .00011932 00000-0 48360-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 56743 97.5292 176.8885 0005252 332.8200 27.2762 15.24790809141092
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NEXTSAT-2.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for NEXTSAT-2, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Third flight of the KSLV-II "Nuri" launch vehicle, carrying NEXTSat-2 as well as SNIPE A through D.
NEXTSAT-2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Nuri | NEXTSat-2 & SNIPE’, on board a Nuri space rocket.
The launch took place on May 25, 2023, 9:24 a.m. from LC-2.
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Nuri | NEXTSat-2 & SNIPE
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 25, 2023, 9:24 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Nuri
Launch pad: LC-2
Location: Naro Space Center, South Korea
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Latest news about this satellite
South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket launches seven satellites, one unaccounted for
South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket put seven satellites, including one equipped with synthetic aperture radar, into sun-synchronous orbit May 25, although an eighth cubesat is believed to have not deployed properly.
South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket set to launch May 24
South Korea’s homegrown KSLV-2 rocket is slated to launch May 24, carrying a 180-kilogram technology demonstration satellite and seven cubesats.
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