KOMPSAT 5

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KOMPSAT 5 is classified as:

Brightest

NORAD ID: 39227

Int'l Code: 2013-042A

Perigee: 559.7 km

Apogee: 560.4 km

Inclination: 97.6 °

Period: 95.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6931 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: August 22, 2013
Source: South Korea (SKOR)
Launch site: Orenburg, Russia (OREN)

KOMPSAT-5 is part of the Korean National Development Plan of MEST (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) which started in 2005. The primary mission of the KOMPSAT-5 system is to provide high resolution mode SAR images of 1 meter resolution, standard mode SAR images of 3 meter resolution and wide swath mode SAR images of 20 meter resolution with viewing conditions of the incidence angle of 45 degrees using the COSI (COrea SAR Instrument) payload, for meeting GOLDEN mission objectives. The secondary mission of KOMPSAT-5 is to generate the atmospheric sounding profile and support radio occultation science using AOPOD (atmospheric occultation and precision orbit determination) secondary payload which is composed of a dual frequency GPS receiver and a laser retroreflector array (LRRA).

1 39227U 13042A   23269.00117696  .00002862  00000-0  20856-3 0  9997
2 39227  97.6202  93.6154 0000490 349.9904  10.1312 15.04533962554280

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC