Measurements and Applications
Continuous monitoring capability for the near real-time generation of high-resolution meteorological products and long-term change analysis of land/sea surface temperature and cloud coverage.
Full Name
GEO-KOMPSAT Meteorological Imager
Status
Approved
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Earth disk scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Resolution
VIS: 0.25 km, 0.5 km
NIR: 0.5 km, 1 km
SWIR, MWIR, TIR: 1 km, 2 km
[Best Resolution: 250m]
Swath
Full Earth disk
[Max Swath: 44000 km]
Waveband
18 bands covering
- VIS (2): 0.47~0.64 µm; NIR (2): 0.86~0.91 µm; SWIR (3): 1.38~2.25 µm; MWIR (2): 3.90~5.15 µm; TIR (9): 6.24~13.31 µm
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
GEO-KOMPSAT-5 - Geostationary Earth Orbit - Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite - 5 (2031 - 2041) |