KOMPSAT or Korean Multi-Purpose Satellite is a series of South Korean multipurpose satellite for Earth observation, communications, meteorological, environmental, agricultural, and oceanographic monitoring applications.

Satellites

KOMPSAT-3A Electro-optical/infrared satellite
Designation Other name COSPAR ID SATCAT Launch Date
(UTC)		 Launch vehicle Launch Site Orbit Status Remarks Refs
KOMPSAT-1 Arirang-1 1999-070A 26032 21 December 1999
07:13		 Taurus Vandenberg Air Force Base, United States SSO Deactivated [1][2]
KOMPSAT-2 Arirang-2 2006-031A 29268 29 July 2006
07:05:43		 Rokot-KM Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia SSO Active [1][3]
KOMPSAT-3 Arirang-3 2012-025B 38338 17 May 2012
16:39		 H-IIA Tanegashima Space Center, Japan SSO Active [1][4]
KOMPSAT-5 Arirang-5 2013-042A 39227 22 August 2013 Dnepr Dombarovskiy Launch Site, Russia SSO Active [1][5]
KOMPSAT-3A Arirang-3A 2015-014A 40536 25 March 2015 Dnepr Dombarovsky Launch Site, Russia SSO Active [6]
GEO-KOMPSAT-1 COMS 1 or
Cheollian 1		 2010-032A 36744 26 June 2010 Ariane 5 Centre Spatial Guyanais, French Guiana GEO Deactivated [7]
GEO-KOMPSAT-2A Cheollian 2A 2018-100A 43823 4 December 2018 Ariane 5 Centre Spatial Guyanais, French Guiana GEO Active [8][9]
GEO-KOMPSAT-2B Cheollian 2B 2020-013B 45246 18 February 2020 Ariane 5 Centre Spatial Guyanais, French Guiana GEO Active [8][9]
KOMPSAT-7 Arirang-7 September 2023 Vega-C Centre Spatial Guyanais, French Guiana SSO Planned [10]
KOMPSAT-6 Arirang-6 December 2024 Vega-C Centre Spatial Guyanais, French Guiana SSO Planned [11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "KOMPSAT series". soletop.com (in Korean). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ "KOMPSAT-1 (Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-1) / Arirang-1". ESA Earth Observation Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "KOMPSAT-2 (Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-2) / Arirang-2". ESA Earth Observation Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ "KOMPSAT-3 - Satellite Missions". ESA Earth Observation Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "KOMPSAT-5 (Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-5) / Arirang-5". ESA Earth Observation Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. ^ "KOMPSAT-3A - Satellite Missions". ESA Earth Observation Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Arianespace launch 195 – Arabsat-5A and COMS: Liftoff is set for 26 June 2010". Arianespace. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  8. ^ a b "GEO-KOMPSAT-2A transition to operation - Korea Meteorological Administration". World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 25 July 2019. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b "GEO-KOMPSAT-2 (Geostationary - Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-2) Program / Cheollian-2". ESA Earth Observation Portal.
  10. ^ "CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - KOMPSAT-7". The CEOS Database. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Arianespace will launch Kompsat-6 with Vega C for Korea Aerospace Research Institute". Arianespace (Press release). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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