KOMPSAT-2 (Arirang-2)
COSPAR 2006-031A · NORAD 29268
🇰🇷 Korea
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
📡 ReceptionNORAD #29268
Frequency
X-Band (8 GHz image downlink) · S-Band (2 GHz telemetry)
Modulation: MSC 1 m panchromatic / 4 m multispectral camera
Free Reception Guide
Launched 28 Jul 2006 (UTC) on Rockot; Korea's first 1 m-class imager, far beyond its 3-year design life. Images go to ground stations over X-band — not to hobby receivers.NORAD Two-Line Element (TLE · SGP4) — TLE epoch 2026-11-03 20:57 UTC
1 29268U 06031A 26307.87309139 .00000303 00000+0 65212-4 0 9990
2 29268 97.8329 125.6230 0014410 356.1077 135.2538 14.64728020 81926
This satellite's image downlink (high-rate X-band etc.) is not something hobby equipment can receive. Use the operator's public imagery services and follow its position on the Earth 3D view (CelesTrak elements).
Mission
- Agency
- Korea Aerospace Research Institute
- Launch date
- 2006-07-28
- Status (SATCAT)
- operational
- Launch site code
- PLMSC
- Owner code
- SKOR
- COSPAR ID
- 2006-031A
- NORAD ID
- 29,268
Source:Korea Aerospace Research Institute · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 98.31 min
- Inclination
- 97.83°
- Apogee
- 688 km
- Perigee
- 668 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles Earth every 98 minutes — about 14.6 orbits a day (CelesTrak).
- Someone born in its launch year (2006) turns 20 this year.