GSAT-11/GEO-Kompsat 2A
12/4/2018
GEO-Kompsat-2A and GEO-Kompsat-2B were originally scheduled for May 2018 and March 2019 respectively when announced in 2015.
Arianespace scheduled GEO-Kompsat-2B to launch about one year after GEO-Kompsat-2A on an Ariane 5.
KARI’s GEO-Kompsat-2A weather satellite detached from the Ariane 5 upper stage 33.5 minutes after liftoff on 2018-12-04.
GEO-Kompsat-2A took more than seven years to develop.
ISRO’s GSAT-11 launched on an Ariane 5 in December alongside the Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s GEO-Kompsat-2A weather satellite.
Arianespace has orbited a total of eight Korean spacecraft since 1992, including Geo-Kompsat-2A and Geo-Kompsat-2B.
Arianespace has orbited a total of eight Korean spacecraft since 1992, including Geo-Kompsat-2A and Geo-Kompsat-2B.
The microchip used in SWFO-L1 has been successfully used on NASA's four MMS satellites and the South Korean weather satellite GEO-KOMPSAT-2A.
L3Harris has previously supplied the imaging payload for Korea's current geostationary weather satellite, GEO-KOMPSAT-2A.
L3Harris will provide its 18-channel GEO-KOMPSAT Meteorological Imager payload, which includes two channels for improved water vapor measurement and enhanced resolution.