KOMPSAT-3 (Arirang-3)
COSPAR 2012-025B · NORAD 38338
🇰🇷 Korea
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📡 ReceptionNORAD #38338
Frecuencia
Banda X (imágenes) / Banda S (TT&C)
Modulación: Cámara electroóptica AEISS de 0,7 m
Guía de Recepción Gratis
Primer satélite coreano submétrico (70 cm), lanzado el 17 may 2012 (UTC) en un H-IIA japonés. No se puede recibir con equipos de aficionado.NORAD Two-Line Element (TLE · SGP4) — Época TLE 2026-11-03 19:57 UTC
1 38338U 12025B 26307.83145096 .00000244 00000+0 57535-4 0 9997
2 38338 98.1376 263.0190 0006337 46.3134 313.8592 14.62305437771755
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
- 2012-05-17
- Status (SATCAT)
- operational
- Launch site code
- TANSC
- Owner code
- SKOR
- COSPAR ID
- 2012-025B
- NORAD ID
- 38,338
Source:Korea Aerospace Research Institute · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 98.47 min
- Inclination
- 98.14°
- Apogee
- 690 km
- Perigee
- 681 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 (2012) turns 14 this year.