KOMPSAT 2 [KARI]
KOMPSAT 2 (Korean Multi-purpose Satellite 2) or Arirang 2 (아리랑 2) is a lightweight Earth observation satellite developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute KARI.
It provides high-resolution images, produced by the Multi-Spectral Camera (MSC), of the Korean peninsula for the production of maps and digital elevation models, applications for which include land use planning and disaster and risk management.
The MSC, a joint development of KARI with ELOP (Electro Optics Industries Ltd. of Rehovot, Israel) and OHB-System, Bremen, Germany, collects high-resolution panchromatic and multispectral imagery of the Earth's surface with a ground resolution of 1 m.
Astrium has been selected by KARI to support the platform development and manufacture of KOMPSAT-2. Launch was planned for 2004 on a Rokot-KM booster, but due to delays of the launch vehicle, it was launched on 28 July 2006 into a sunsynchronous orbit identical to that of KOMPSAT-1 but with a different phase (180º apart).
The satellite is still operating, but in October 2015 it was decided not to extend the KOMPSAT-2 mission any further for systematic observation services, but instead use it for research purposes until the end of its life cycle.
Nation: | South Korea |
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Type / Application: | Earth observation |
Operator: | KARI |
Contractors: | KARI, Astrium |
Equipment: | MSC |
Configuration: | |
Propulsion: | ? |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 3 years (design) |
Mass: | 798 kg |
Orbit: | 677 km × 703 km, 98.1° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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KOMPSAT 2 (Arirang 2) | 2006-031A | 28.07.2006 | Pl LC-133/3 | Rokot-KM |