# KOMPSAT-2
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: kari
- **launch vehicle**: rockot-breeze-km
- **actual launch**: 2006-07-28
- **current status**: ended
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous orbit, 685 km, 10:50 ascending equator crossing
- **swath km**: 15
- **revisit days**: 5.5
- **tasking supported**: false
- **archive depth years**: 20
- **current geographic priority**: Korean national land observation, disaster monitoring, GIS, mapping, and selected international archive coverage.
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: kari
- **attributes**: {"operator":"kari","launch_vehicle":"rockot-breeze-km","actual_launch":"2006-07-28","current_status":"ended","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous orbit, 685 km, 10:50 ascending equator crossing","swath_km":15,"revisit_days":5.5,"tasking_supported":false,"archive_depth_years":20,"current_geographic_priority":"Korean national land observation, disaster monitoring, GIS, mapping, and selected international archive coverage."}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
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.[^wmo-kompsat-2][^esa-kompsat-2-manual]

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.[^apollo-kompsat-2][^eos-kompsat-2] 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.[^eoportal-kompsat-2][^ceos-kompsat-2]

## Compositional position
- KOMPSAT-2 --[mission_payloads]--> kompsat-2-msc (products)
- KOMPSAT-2 --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- KOMPSAT-2 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- KOMPSAT-2 --[related-topic]--> urban-change (topics)

## Sources
- [wmo-kompsat-2] | Satellite: KOMPSAT-2, WMO OSCAR/Space | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/kompsat_2 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [esa-kompsat-2-manual] | KOMPSAT-2 Image Data Manual, KARI via ESA Earth Online | https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/documents/20142/37627/KOMPSAT-2%20Image%20Data%20Manual | tier=operator-datasheet | accessed=2026-06-14
- [eoportal-kompsat-2] | KOMPSAT-2 / Arirang-2 mission profile, eoPortal | https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/kompsat-2 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14
- [ceos-kompsat-2] | KOMPSAT-2 mission summary, CEOS database | https://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=407 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14
- [apollo-kompsat-2] | KOMPSAT-2 satellite imagery, Apollo Mapping | https://apollomapping.com/kompsat-2-satellite-imagery | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-14
- [eos-kompsat-2] | KOMPSAT-2 imagery catalogue, EOS Data Analytics | https://eos.com/find-satellite/kompsat-2/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-14

---
Source: https://eo-atlas.org/missions/kompsat-2
Maintainer: SpectraWorks B.V. (CC-BY 4.0)