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KOMPSAT

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About KOMPSAT

KOMPSAT is a satellite from South Korea, launched on Dec 21, 1999 from Air Force Western Test Range.

It circles Earth every 97 minutes (14.8 times a day), between 637 and 641 km up, on an orbit tilted 98.3° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 82° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

KOMPSAT-1 · South Korean multipurpose reconnaissance satellite

Operated by
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Built by
Korea Aerospace Research Institute, TRW Inc.
Mass
469 kg

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 366 days its lowest point went from 640 km to 637 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
636638640642644646Feb 26May 26Aug 26

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.