Objectives and Applications
Cartography, land use and planning, disaster monitoring.
Full Name
Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite -5
aka Arirang-5
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
22 Aug 2013
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98.5 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.1 deg
Orbit Altitude
550 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
6:00
Repeat Cycle
28 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
AOPOD - Atmosphere Occultation and Precision Orbit Determination |
COSI - Corea SAR Instrument |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | AOPOD |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | AOPOD |
| Land | Landscape topography | COSI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | COSI |