KOMPSAT 2

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite KOMPSAT 2 at a glance.

Uptime

6918

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

97.8

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for KOMPSAT 2.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: KOMPSAT 2

International designator: 2006-031A

Object number (NORAD): 29268

Object ID (CCSDS): 29268

Country: SOUTH KOREA (SKOR)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.339 minutes

Inclination: 97.8363 deg

SMA: 7057.403 km

Apoapsis: 690.554 km

Periapsis: 667.981 km

RAAN: 23.0274 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0015993

Argument of periapsis: 92.3198 deg

Mean anomaly: 325.047 deg

Mean motion: 14.6431809 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000027 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000059509 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 5, 2025, 11:16 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 5, 2025, 7:43 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 KOMPSAT 2

TLE line 1: 1 29268U 06031A 25186.82173821 .00000270 00000-0 59509-4 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 29268 97.8363 23.0274 0015993 92.3198 325.0470 14.64318090 10886

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Real-time ground track for satellite KOMPSAT 2.

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Associated space launch

KOMPSAT 2 (Korean Multi-purpose Satellite 2) is a lightweight Earth observation satellite developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute KARI. It provides high-resolution images, produced by the Multi-Spectral Camera (MSC), of the Korean peninsula for the production of maps and digital elevation models, applications for which include land use planning and disaster and risk management.

KOMPSAT 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Rokot / Briz-KM | Arirang-2’, on board a Rokot/Briz-KM space rocket.

The launch took place on July 28, 2006, 7:05 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).

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Launch to space Rokot / Briz-KM | Arirang-2
Rokot / Briz-KM | Arirang-2

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: July 28, 2006, 7:05 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM

Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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