KOMPSAT-3
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KOMPSAT-3 (Korean Multi-purpose Satellite-3), also known as Arirang-3, is a South Korean multipurpose Earth observation satellite. It was launched from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan at 16:39 UTC on 17 May 2012. Like the earlier KOMPSAT-1 and KOMPSAT-2 satellites, it takes its name from the popular Korean folk song Arirang. Its launch was the culmination of a project begun in 1995.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Earth observation satellite
- Part of
- KOMPSAT
- Country
- South Korea
- Followed by
- KOMPSAT-5
- Follows
- KOMPSAT-2
- Image
- G SA KOMPS-3 01.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- H-IIA
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2012-05-17
- Commons category
- KOMPSAT-3
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Technologies
- Orbit
- Instruments
- Ground receiving stations
- Advantages and applications of KOMPSAT-3 imagery
- South Korea
- See also
- References
- External links
KOMPSAT-3 (Korean Multi-purpose Satellite-3), also known as Arirang-3, is a South Korean multipurpose Earth observation satellite. It was launched from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan at 16:39 UTC on 17 May 2012. Like the earlier KOMPSAT-1 and KOMPSAT-2 satellites, it takes its name from the popular Korean folk song Arirang. Its launch was the culmination of a project begun in 1995.
KOMPSAT-3 orbits at a height of , circling the Earth 14 times per day, and is expected to maintain that orbit for 4 years. It weighs . The satellite carries an Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System (AEISS), which can distinguish to a 70-cm resolution, allowing the identification of individual vehicles on the ground.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “KOMPSAT-3” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.