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KOMPSAT

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Arirang-5 Credit: Manufacturer Image

AKA: Arirang; Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite. Status: Operational 1999. First Launch: 1999-12-21. Last Launch: 2015-03-25. Number: 4 . Gross mass: 470 kg (1,030 lb).

TRW and Korean engineers worked together to develop the spacecraft.

The payload consisted of several scientific instruments as well as a Ka-band communications device. KOMPSAT was based on TRW's Eagle class of light weight, modular spacecraft. It had 3-axis stabilization with dual solar arrays. The payload included a 10 m resolution CCD imaging system supplied by Litton Itek Optical Systems. TRW supplied a low resolution camera for ocean and Earth resources monitoring. Other scientific instruments included a device to measure Earth's ionospheric and magnetic fields and a high-energy particle detector.

TRW signed the $ 32 million contract to develop the satellite on 19 September 1994.

Family: Communications technology sat, Earth, Sun synchronous orbit, Surveillance, Technology. Country: Korea South. Launch Vehicles: Taurus, Dnepr, Taurus 2110, H-IIA 202. Launch Sites: Vandenberg, Vandenberg 576E, Tanegashima Y. Agency: KARI, TRW. More at: 6633, 12737, 12738, 12739. Bibliography: 2, 552, 554, 6.

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KOMPSAT Credit: Manufacturer Image

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Arirang-3A Credit: Manufacturer Image

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• Kompsat contract - . Nation: Korea South. Spacecraft Bus: KOMPSAT. Spacecraft: KOMPSAT. TRW and Korean engineers would work together to develop the spacecraft. KOMPSAT was based on TRW's Eagle class of light weight, modular spacecraft..

• Kompsat - . Payload: Arirang. Mass: 470 kg (1,030 lb). Nation: Korea South. Agency: KARI. Manufacturer: KAIST. Class: Earth. Type: Sea satellite. Spacecraft Bus: KOMPSAT. Spacecraft: KOMPSAT. USAF Sat Cat: 26032 . COSPAR: 1999-070A. Apogee: 677 km (420 mi). Perigee: 670 km (410 mi). Inclination: 97.8000 deg. Period: 98.20 min.

  Korean Multipurpose Satellite; carried an ocean color sensor developed by TRW and particle detectors. KOMPSAT was built by the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) based on a test model built by TRW; it used the TRW STEP Lightsat bus and had a mass of around 500 kg, with 73 kg of hydrazine fuel.

• Arirang-3 - . Payload: Kompsat-3. Mass: 800 kg (1,760 lb). Nation: Korea South. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: KOMPSAT. Spacecraft: Kompsat. USAF Sat Cat: 38338 . COSPAR: 2012-025B. Apogee: 677 km (420 mi). Perigee: 665 km (413 mi). Inclination: 98.1000 deg. Period: 98.20 min. South Korean imaging satellite..

• Arirang-5 - . Payload: Kompsat-5. Mass: 1,400 kg (3,000 lb). Nation: Korea South. Class: Surveillance. Type: Surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: KOMPSAT. Spacecraft: Kompsat. USAF Sat Cat: 39227 . COSPAR: 2013-042A. Apogee: 560 km (340 mi). Perigee: 545 km (338 mi). Inclination: 97.6000 deg. Period: 95.70 min. South Korea's first X-band SAR satellite..

• Arirang-3A - . Payload: KOMPSAT 3A. Mass: 800 kg (1,760 lb). Nation: Korea South. Class: Surveillance. Type: Surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: KOMPSAT. Spacecraft: Kompsat. USAF Sat Cat: 40536 . COSPAR: 2015-014A. Apogee: 538 km (334 mi). Perigee: 522 km (324 mi). Inclination: 97.5300 deg. Period: 95.23 min. South Korean imaging satellite with submeter resolution. Sun synchronous orbit; 0130 GMT local time of the descending node..