Payload
ARIRANG-3 (KOMPSAT-3)
OperationalPayloadLEO
ARIRANG-3 (KOMPSAT-3) is a Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) payload satellite, launched on May 17, 2012 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 17, 2012 at 04:39 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- GCOM-W1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 691 km
- Periapsis
- 681 km
- Inclination
- 98.12°
- Orbital period
- 98.48 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
- Manufacturer
- Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)/ EADS Astrium
- Users
- Government/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 800 kg
- Power
- 1,300 W
- Design lifetime
- 4 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-025B
- NORAD catalog №
- 38338
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
South Korea- Radar cross-section
- 5.259 m²
- Status
- Operational