Payload
ARIRANG-2 (KOMPSAT-2)
OperationalPayloadLEO
ARIRANG-2 (KOMPSAT-2) is a Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) payload satellite, launched on July 28, 2006 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 28, 2006 at 07:05 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Eurockot Launch Services
- Mission
- Arirang-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 689 km
- Periapsis
- 667 km
- Inclination
- 97.83°
- Orbital period
- 98.32 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
- Manufacturer
- Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)/ EADS Astrium
- Users
- Government/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 765 kg
- Power
- 955 W
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-031A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29268
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
South Korea- Radar cross-section
- 2.067 m²
- Status
- Operational