Earth Observation Satellites from KARI

IdentifierkariNamesKorea Aerospace Research InstituteKARI About identifiers

Agency Name Full

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

CEOS Member

yes

Agency Country

Korea

Agency Website

www.kari.re.kr/eng

Agency Mission Timeline

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Series	Missions
COMS	COMS, GEO-KOMPSAT-2A, GEO-KOMPSAT-2B
KOMPSAT	KOMPSAT-1, KOMPSAT-2, KOMPSAT-3, KOMPSAT-3A, KOMPSAT-5, KOMPSAT-6, KOMPSAT-7, KOMPSAT-7A

Current Missions

timeline

Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
KOMPSAT-3	18 May 2012	Dec 2027	AEISS
KOMPSAT-5	22 Aug 2013	Dec 2027	AOPOD, COSI
KOMPSAT-3A	26 Mar 2015	Dec 2026	AEISS-A
GEO-KOMPSAT-2A	04 Dec 2018	Jul 2029	AMI, KSEM
GEO-KOMPSAT-2B	18 Feb 2020	Feb 2030	Advanced GOCI, GEMS
CAS500-1	22 Mar 2021	Dec 2027	High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-1)
KOMPSAT-7	02 Dec 2025	Dec 2030	AEISS-HR
CAS500-2	03 May 2026	May 2031	High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-2)
CAS500-4	07 Jul 2026	06 Jul 2031	Compact Advanced Payload Wide Swath (CAS500-4)

Approved Missions

timeline

Planned Missions

None.

Considered Missions

None.

Completed Missions

Operational Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
Advanced GOCI	GEO-KOMPSAT-2B
AEISS	KOMPSAT-3
AEISS-A	KOMPSAT-3A
AEISS-HR	KOMPSAT-7
AMI	GEO-KOMPSAT-2A
COSI	KOMPSAT-5
GEMS	GEO-KOMPSAT-2B
High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-1)	CAS500-1
High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-2)	CAS500-2

Prototype Instruments

None.

Instruments Being Developed

Instrument	Mission(s)
AEISS-HR-A	KOMPSAT-7A
Compact Advanced Payload Wide Swath (CAS500-4)	CAS500-4
SAR (CAS500-5)	CAS500-5
SAR (KOMPSAT-6)	KOMPSAT-6

Approved Instruments

None.

Proposed Instruments

None.

TBD Instruments

None.

No Longer Operational Instruments