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KOMPSAT-3
South Korean Earth observation satellite. KOMPSAT-3 was launched on May 17, 2012 aboard a H-IIA 202 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2012-025BNORAD 38338South Korea
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Arirang-3
- Common name
- KOMPSAT-3
- Payload designation
- KOMPSAT-3
- International designator
- 2012-025B
- NORAD catalog number
- 38338
- GCAT identifier
- S38338
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/653
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
- May 17, 2012 · 16:39 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-025Success
- Rocket
- H-IIA 202
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 665 km
- Apogee
- 678 km
- Inclination
- 98.18°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 800 kg
- Dry mass
- 700 kg
- Length
- 3.5 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 Q493991 (CC0).