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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 operations

    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 operations

    Launched 2012-05-17 / Sun-synchronous LEO, 675-685 km, 98.1 deg inclination / 28 day revisit / 15 km swath

  • KOMPSAT-3AExtended operations

    Launched 2015-03-26 / Sun-synchronous LEO, 528 km, 98.1-98.5 deg inclination, 13:30 LTAN / 28 day revisit / 12 km swath

Manufactures

  • AOPOD (KOMPSAT-5)Microwave Radiometer

    2 bands / 1.2276 - 1.57542 GHz / Operational

    Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
  • MSC (KOMPSAT-2)VNIR

    450-900 nm / 5 bands / Discontinued

    Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
  • AEISSVNIR

    450-900 nm / 5 bands / Operational

    Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
  • AEISS-AVNIR

    450-900 nm / 5 bands / Operational

    Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
  • IIPMWIR

    3300-5200 nm / 1 band / Operational

    Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
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@misc{eoatlas:companies:kari,
  title = {Korea Aerospace Research Institute},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/kari}
}