missions

KOMPSAT-2

KOMPSAT-2 (Arirang-2, Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-2) is a Korean high-resolution optical Earth-observation mission developed and operated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), launched on 28 July 2006 by a Rockot/Breeze-KM vehicle. The satellite flew in a sun-synchronous orbit at 685 km altitude with a 10:50 ascending equator crossing and a 15 km swath.^[1]^[2]

The primary payload is the Multi-Spectral Camera (MSC), delivering 1 m panchromatic and 4 m multispectral resolution. New tasking is no longer available from commercial distributors as of 2022-2024; WMO OSCAR records the satellite as operational while CEOS and eoPortal list the mission as complete or retired.^[3]^[4] Archive imagery spanning approximately 20 years remains accessible through distributors. The mission supported land observation, disaster monitoring, GIS and mapping, balanced territorial development, and natural resource survey applications.^[5]^[6]

Full specification

All fields

current status	Ended
operator	Korea Aerospace Research Institute
launch vehicle	Rockot with Breeze-KM upper stage
Launched	2006-07-28
orbit type	Sun-synchronous orbit, 685 km, 10:50 ascending equator crossing
swath km	15
revisit days	5.5
tasking supported	No
archive depth years	20
current geographic priority	Korean national land observation, disaster monitoring, GIS, mapping, and selected international archive coverage.

Supply chain position

carries instrument MSC (KOMPSAT-2)

operated by Korea Aerospace Research Institute

launched on Rockot with Breeze-KM upper stage

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Land cover change

related to Urban change

Vegetation index mapping → demonstrated MSC (KOMPSAT-2)

Optical time-series change detection → capable MSC (KOMPSAT-2)

Multispectral optical imaging → demonstrated MSC (KOMPSAT-2)

Sources

[1]Satellite: KOMPSAT-2, WMO OSCAR/Spaceagency doc2026-06-14
[2]KOMPSAT-2 Image Data Manual, KARI via ESA Earth Onlineoperator datasheet2026-06-14
[3]KOMPSAT-2 satellite imagery, Apollo Mappingthird party2026-06-14
[4]KOMPSAT-2 imagery catalogue, EOS Data Analyticsthird party2026-06-14
[5]KOMPSAT-2 / Arirang-2 mission profile, eoPortalcommunity2026-06-14
[6]KOMPSAT-2 mission summary, CEOS databasecommunity2026-06-14

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:kompsat-2,
  title = {KOMPSAT-2},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/kompsat-2}
}