GEO-KOMPSAT-2A Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - GEO-KOMPSAT-2A -

Full Name

Geostationary Earth Orbit - Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite - 2A
aka Cheollian-2A

Status

Operational (nominal)

Mission Agencies

KMA , KARI , L3Harris

Launch Date

04 Dec 2018

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

Jul 2029

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

43823 (TLE)

International Designator

2018-100A

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

35786 km

Orbit Longitude

128.2 deg

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Korea's geostationary meteorological satellite series.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	AMI
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	AMI
	Atmospheric Winds	AMI
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	AMI
	Cloud particle properties and profile	AMI
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	AMI
	Ozone	AMI
	Radiation budget	AMI
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	AMI
Land	Albedo and reflectance	AMI
	Surface temperature (land)	AMI
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	AMI
Ocean	Ocean topography/currents	AMI
	Surface temperature (ocean)	AMI
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	AMI
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	AMI

Mission Instruments

AMI - Advanced Meteorological Imager

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