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KOMPSAT-1

Korean Multi-Purpose Satellite

Launched in:	1999
Out of service since:	2007
Repeat cycle:	28 days
Orbit height:	685 km
Orbit type:	Sun Synchronous
Organisation:	KARI - Korea
Contact lost 30 Dec 2007; mission retired 31 Jan, 2008

KOMPSAT-1 websites

Information

KARI - Multi-purpose satellites Arirang / KOMPSAT

Data ordering

ESA Earth Online - KOMPSAT-1 European cities
KARI - Kompsat order portal

On Board Sensors

EOC (Electro-Optical Camera)

HEPD (High Energy Particle Detector)

IMS (Ionosphere Measurement Sensor)

OSMI (Ocean Scanning Multi-spectral Imager)

Information

IOCCG - Historical Ocean-Colour Sensors
KARI - Multi-purpose satellites Arirang / KOMPSAT

Data ordering

Sensor Bands

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band B0 (VIS)	0.40164 to 0.42247	0.02	850	800	28
Band B1 (VIS)	0.43288 to 0.45372	0.02	850	800	28
Band B2 (VIS)	0.47976 to 0.50059	0.02	850	800	28
Band B3 (VIS)	0.50059 to 0.52142	0.02	850	800	28
Band B4 (VIS)	0.54486 to 0.56569	0.02	850	800	28
Band B5 (VIS)	0.65943 to 0.68026	0.02	850	800	28
Band Bx (VIS)	0.74536 to 0.78703	0.04	850	800	28
Band B6 (NIR)	0.84692 to 0.88858	0.04	850	800	28

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