Key statistics
Satellite NEONSAT-1 at a glance.
Uptime
440
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for NEONSAT-1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: NEONSAT-1
International designator: 2024-077A
Object number (NORAD): 59587
Object ID (CCSDS): 59587
Country: SOUTH KOREA (SKOR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.154 minutes
Inclination: 97.3791 deg
SMA: 6855.714 km
Apoapsis: 485.533 km
Periapsis: 469.624 km
RAAN: 267.9962 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011603
Argument of periapsis: 177.6435 deg
Mean anomaly: 182.4862 deg
Mean motion: 15.2940943 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006526 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023106 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 7:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NEONSAT-1
TLE line 1: 1 59587U 24077A 25187.80848436 .00006526 00000-0 23106-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 59587 97.3791 267.9962 0011603 177.6435 182.4862 15.29409430 66793
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NEONSAT-1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is a technology demonstration mission tasked with deploying a composite boom solar sail. NeonSat-1 is a high-resolution optical satellite by South Korea's KAIST that will be deployed as a technology demonstration for a planned future Earth observation constellation.
NEONSAT-1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on April 23, 2024, 10:32 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
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Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)
Agency: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 23, 2024, 10:32 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Electron
Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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