KOMPSAT


KOMPSAT or Korean Multi-Purpose Satellite is a series of South Korean multipurpose satellite for Earth observation, communications, meteorological, environmental, agricultural, and oceanographic monitoring applications.

Satellites

DesignationOther nameCOSPAR IDSATCATLaunch Date
Launch vehicleLaunch SiteOrbitStatusRemarksRefs
KOMPSAT-1Arirang-12603221 December 1999
07:13
TaurusVandenberg Air Force Base, United StatesSSO
KOMPSAT-2Arirang-22926829 July 2006
07:05:43
Rokot-KMPlesetsk Cosmodrome, RussiaSSO
KOMPSAT-3Arirang-33833817 May 2012
16:39
H-IIATanegashima Space Center, JapanSSO
KOMPSAT-5Arirang-53922722 August 2013DneprDombarovskiy Launch Site, RussiaSSO
KOMPSAT-3AArirang-3A4053625 March 2015DneprDombarovsky Launch Site, RussiaSSO
GEO-KOMPSAT-1COMS-1 or
Cheollian-1
3674426 June 2010Ariane 5Centre Spatial Guyanais, French GuianaGEO
GEO-KOMPSAT-2ACheollian-2A438234 December 2018Ariane 5Centre Spatial Guyanais, French GuianaGEO
GEO-KOMPSAT-2BCheollian-2B4524618 February 2020Ariane 5Centre Spatial Guyanais, French GuianaGEO
KOMPSAT-7Arirang-71 December 2025Vega-CCentre Spatial Guyanais, French GuianaSSO
KOMPSAT-6Arirang-6February 2026Vega-CCentre Spatial Guyanais, French GuianaSSO
KOMPSAT-7AArirang-7ANovember 2026Falcon 9 Block 5Cape Canaveral, FloridaSSO
GEO-KOMPSAT-3Cheollian-3H2 2027Falcon 9 Block 5Cape Canaveral, FloridaGEO