Payload
ARIRANG-1 (KOMPSAT-1)
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
ARIRANG-1 (KOMPSAT-1) is a South Korea payload satellite, launched on December 21, 1999 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 21, 1999 at 07:13 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Minotaur-C 2110 →
- Operator
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Mission
- Arirang-1 & ACRIMSat
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 642 km
- Periapsis
- 638 km
- Inclination
- 98.3°
- Orbital period
- 97.51 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- South Korea
- Launch mass
- 510 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-070A
- NORAD catalog №
- 26032
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
South Korea- Radar cross-section
- 2.1503 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational