Korea Multipurpose Satellite-2 (Arirang-2) : Korea¡¯s first Multipurpose Satellite Development (at 1m resolution)

▪ Resolution improved by 40 times for 6 years and 7 months after the launch of the KOMPSAT-1.
▪ Capable of color image acquisition.
▪ Launched at Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome in July 2006.
▪ With 800kg in weight, it operates at an altitude of 685km in a sun-synchronous orbit.
▪ Its main duties include high precision earth observation.