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NORAD ID: 29268
Int'l Code: 2006-031A
Perigee: 682.5 km
Apogee: 704.6 km
Inclination: 98.2 °
Period: 98.5 minutes
Semi major axis: 7064 km
Launch date: July 28, 2006
Source: South Korea (SKOR)
Comments: 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.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 29268U 06031A 13139.89530816 .00000794 00000-0 16737-3 0 5593
2 29268 098.2254 036.2266 0015617 013.5154 346.6466 14.62106360363380
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for KOMPSAT 2
