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ARIRANG-3 (KOMPSAT-3)
Very High Resolution Imaging · KARI / SI Imaging Services
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South Korea's sharpest commercial satellite delivers 70 cm imagery — detailed enough to identify individual vehicles and assess military facilities. It has been repeatedly used to monitor North Korea's nuclear and missile programs with detail previously available only to intelligence agencies with classified satellite access.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 426–431 mi (686–694 km)
- Inclination
- 98.1°
- One orbit
- 98.4 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 38338
- Int’l designator
- 2012-025B
- Launched
- 2012
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.
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