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Korea Aerospace Research Institute
South Korean aerospace research institute and KOMPSAT mission operator.
Korea Aerospace Research Institute is South Korea's government aerospace research institute and a mission-operator context for KOMPSAT Earth-observation satellites. Its relevant Earth-observation portfolio includes the KOMPSAT programme, covering optical, infrared, and synthetic-aperture-radar missions, and the launched KOMPSAT-5 SAR mission.[1][2] KARI is most useful to practitioners as an agency-side mission operator for Korean civil space missions, while commercial image distribution and downstream sales should remain separate from the institute's mission role.[2]
Operates
- KOMPSAT-5extended
launched 2013-08-22 / Sun-synchronous dawn-dusk orbit, nominal altitude 550 km / 28 day revisit / 100 km swath
- GEO-KOMPSAT-2Boperational
launched 2020-02-18 / Geostationary orbit, 35786 km altitude, 128.2 deg E longitude / 1 day revisit / 2500 km swath
- KOMPSAT-2ended
launched 2006-07-28 / Sun-synchronous orbit, 685 km, 10:50 ascending equator crossing / 5.5 day revisit / 15 km swath
- KOMPSAT-3extended
launched 2012-05-17 / Sun-synchronous LEO, 675-685 km, 98.1 deg inclination / 28 day revisit / 15 km swath
- KOMPSAT-3Aextended
launched 2015-03-26 / Sun-synchronous LEO, 528 km, 98.1-98.5 deg inclination, 13:30 LTAN / 28 day revisit / 12 km swath
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- [1]Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-5 launched successfully, KARIagency doc2013-08-232026-06-26
- [2]Korea Aerospace Research Institute English siteagency doc-2026-06-26