Payload
GEO-KOMPSAT-2B
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 45246
GEO-KOMPSAT-2B is a Korea Meteorological Administration/National Meteorological Satellite Center payload satellite, launched on February 18, 2020 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 18, 2020 at 10:18 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA+ →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- JCSAT-17 & GEO-KOMPSAT-2B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,789 km
- Periapsis
- 35,783 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.08 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Korea Meteorological Administration/National Meteorological Satellite Center
- Manufacturer
- Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 3,379 kg
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Dimensions
- 3.8 × 2.4 × 2.4 m
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2020-013B
- NORAD catalog №
- 45246
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
South Korea- Status
- Operational