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GEO-KOMPSAT 2B (GK 2B, Cheollian 2B)

GEO-KOMPSAT 2B [KARI]

GEO-KOMPSAT 2B or Cheollian 2B (천리안 2B) is a South Korean geostationary meteorological satellite developed by KARI. It is one component of the two satellite GEO-KOMPSAT 2 program.

The GEO-KOMPSAT-2 program is to develop two geostationary orbit satellites, the meteorological GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK2A) and the ocean monitoring GEO-KOMPSAT-2B (GK2B) sharing the same satellite bus. The lifetime of both satellites will be no less than 10 years.

GEO-KOMPSAT-2B (GK2B) is for the ocean monitoring mission and the environment monitoring mission, featuring the Airbus Space built GOCI-II(Geostationary Ocean Color Imager-II) and the Ball Aerospace built GEMS (Environmental monitoring sensor) payloads. The satellite will be stationed at 128° East. GEO-KOMPSAT-2B is planned for launch in 2019. Due to defective parts, the launch was delayed to the 1st quarter of 2020.

Nation: South Korea
Type / Application: Meteorology, Ocean monitoring
Operator: KARI
Contractors: KARI
Equipment: GOCI-II, GEMS
Configuration:
Propulsion: S400-12 or S400-15
Power: Deployable solar array, batteries
Lifetime: >10 years
Mass: 3379 kg
Orbit: GEO
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
GEO-KOMPSAT 2B (GK 2B, Cheollian 2B) 2020-013B 18.02.2020 Ko ELA-3 Ariane-5ECA+ with JCSat 17

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