Sensor · Spaceborne

MSC (KOMPSAT-2)

High-resolution passive optical camera flown on KOMPSAT-2, with 1 m panchromatic and 4 m multispectral imaging over a 15 km swath.

Sensor

MSC (KOMPSAT-2) is the Multi-Spectral Camera flown on KOMPSAT-2, also known as Arirang-2.^[1]^[2] It is a passive optical high-resolution camera combining one panchromatic channel and four multispectral channels.^[2] The channel set is PAN 500-900 nm, blue 450-520 nm, green 520-600 nm, red 630-690 nm and near-infrared 760-900 nm.^[2] Ground sampling is 1 m for panchromatic imagery and 4 m for multispectral imagery, with a 15 km swath.^[1]^[2] MSC supports high-resolution land, vegetation, mapping, cartography, natural-hazard and resource applications.^[3]^[2] The sensor is archive-oriented: selected ESA archive products were acquired from 2007 to 2014, and the KOMPSAT-2 mission is complete.^[2]^[3] MSC has demonstrated vegetation-index mapping and is capable of optical time-series change-detection workflows from KOMPSAT-2 imagery.^[2]

Operator pricing

Pricing not publicly listed by operator

Supply chain position

carried by KOMPSAT-2

Methods this sensor implements

Demonstrated

Vegetation index mappingvia KOMPSAT-2
MSC includes visible and NIR multispectral bands; CEOS records vegetation and land measurements for KOMPSAT-2 MSC.
Multispectral optical imagingvia KOMPSAT-2
Carried from the vegetation-index-mapping edge (demonstrated); multi-band optical imager per live sensor record, record source [fedeo-kompsat2-archive].

Capable, undemonstrated

Optical time-series change detection
KOMPSAT-2 archive imagery can support optical change analysis across repeated scenes, but current new tasking is not available.

Topics this relates to

Snow cover Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)well suited

Cloud properties Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Flooding Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Terrain elevation Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Inland water Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)marginal

Economic activity intelligence Optical time-series change detection(capable)adequate

Transport infrastructure monitoring Optical time-series change detection(capable)adequate

Crop phenology Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Crop stress and yield Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Deforestation Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Land cover change Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Pasture and grazing Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Urban change Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Vector-borne disease risk Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Drought Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Irrigation monitoring Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Pest and disease detection Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Power grid and vegetation encroachment Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Urban heat island Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Wildfire Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Biodiversity and habitat Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Coastal erosion Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Coastal water quality Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Crop-type mapping Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Disaster damage assessment Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Forest structure and biomass Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Illegal construction Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Mineral exploration Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Pipeline integrity Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Solar energy siting and monitoring Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Vessel tracking Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Wind energy siting Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Sources

[1]KOMPSAT-2 Image Data Manual, KARI via ESA Earth Onlineoperator datasheet-2026-06-16
[2]FedEO collection metadata: KOMPSAT-2 ESA archiveagency doc2017-01-012026-06-16
[3]CEOS MIM mission summary: KOMPSAT-2agency doc-2026-06-16

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