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]