STSat-2C

STSAT-2C

An artist rendering of the STSAT-2C.
Mission type	Technology
Operator	KARI
COSPAR ID	2013-003A
SATCAT no.	39068
Mission duration	1 year
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass	100 kilograms (220 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	30 January 2013, 07:00:00 (2013-01-30UTC07Z) UTC
Rocket	Naro-1
Launch site	Naro
Contractor	Khrunichev/KARI
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	301 kilometres (187 mi)
Apogee altitude	1,433 kilometres (890 mi)
Inclination	80.26 degrees
Period	102.14 minutes
Epoch	31 October 2013, 04:39:57 UTC

STSAT-2C, or Science and Technology Satellite 2C, or Naro Science Satellite(ko:나로과학위성) is a South Korean satellite which was launched in 2013. It is operated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, and is intended to demonstrate technology for future spacecraft. The satellite has a mass of 100 kilograms (220 lb), and is expected to operate for less than a year.

STSAT-2C was launched at 07:00 UTC on 30 January 2013, on the third flight of the Naro-1 carrier rocket, with a Russian first stage derived from the Angara and a South Korean second stage. Liftoff occurred from the Naro Space Centre, and the rocket successfully deployed the satellite into at 292-by-1,511-kilometre (181 by 939 mi) low Earth orbit inclined at 80.3 degrees. The launch marked the first successful flight of the Naro-1, which had previously failed to launch STSAT-2A in 2009 and STSAT-2B in 2010.