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KOMPSAT-2
South Korean multipurpose reconnaissance satellite. KOMPSAT-2 was launched on July 28, 2006 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2006-031ANORAD 29268South Korea
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Arirang-2
- Common name
- KOMPSAT-2
- Payload designation
- KOMPSAT-2
- International designator
- 2006-031A
- NORAD catalog number
- 29268
- GCAT identifier
- S29268
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/502
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Kompsat
- Owner
- KARI
- Country
- South Korea
- Builder
- Korea Aerospace Research Institute
- Platform (bus)
- Kompsat
Launch
- Date
- July 28, 2006 · 07:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-031Success
- Rocket
- Rokot
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 677 km
- Apogee
- 703 km
- Inclination
- 98.14°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 18, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 765 kg
- Dry mass
- 692 kg
- Length
- 2.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 6.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q487279 (CC0).