Objectives and Applications
Cartography, land use and planning, disaster monitoring.
Full Name
Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite -3
aka Arirang-3
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
18 May 2012
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
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
AEISS - Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Land | Landscape topography | AEISS |
| Vegetation | AEISS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AEISS |
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