KOMPSAT-2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Cartography, land use and planning, disaster monitoring.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite -2
aka Arirang-2
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
KARI, ASTRIUM, E-LOP
Launch Date
27 Jul 2006
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98.5 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.1 deg
Orbit Altitude
685 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:50
Repeat Cycle
28 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

MSC - Multi-Spectral Camera

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandLandscape topography MSC
Vegetation MSC
Multi-purpose imagery (land) MSC

Featured Datasets

KOMPSAT-2 ESA Archive
Jan-2021
KOMPSAT-2, also referred to as Arirang-2, was developed by KARI to provide continuity from the KOMPSAT-1 mission. The main mission objectives of KOMPSAT-2 were to provide surveillance of large-scale disasters and support disaster response, acquire independent high-resolution images for Geographic Information Systems (GIS), assist the composition of printed maps and digitised maps for domestic and overseas territories, inform decisions around the balanced development of Korean territories, and to survey natural resources. The collection contains products from selected areas worldwide, mainly in Europe, acquired between 2007 and 2014. Access is provided through the ESA TPM scheme. - Read more
TropForest 2010
Jan-2010
Covers tropical forest areas in South East Asia and South America. The data were acquired by the ALOS, GEOSAT-1 and KOMPSAT-2 satellites with the goal of creating a harmonised geo-database of ready-to-use satellite imagery to support 2010 global forest assessments performed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the FAO. Access is provided through the ESA TPM scheme. - Read more