KOMPSAT 2

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KOMPSAT 2 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 29268

Int'l Code: 2006-031A

Perigee: 676.3 km

Apogee: 698.9 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 98.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 7058 km

RCS: 2.225 m² (large)

Launch date: July 28, 2006
Source: South Korea (SKOR)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Kompsat 2, also known as Arirang 2 EO, is a South Korean (KARI) remote sensing craft that was launched by a Rokot rocket (a modified ICBM, SS-19) from Plesetsk at 07:05 UT on 28 July 2006. The 800 kg craft carries imaging systems to yield high-resolution, multispectral images of Earth's surface.

1 29268U 06031A   24326.62399007  .00000743  00000-0  15024-3 0  9999
2 29268  97.8461 167.6007 0015980  89.2422   2.8112 14.63941120977672

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC