Earth Science
KOMPSAT-6 (Arirang 6)
KOMPSAT-6 is KARI's second synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite and replaces KOMPSAT-5. It is described as having improved imaging radar performance, for mapping, environmental and disaster monitoring, ocean and land management and maritime traffic management.
- Operator
- KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
- Launch vehicle
- Vega C (selected in 2023, per Avio)
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Target orbit
- Not stated by the operator
- Schedule
- The Avio release that announced the Vega C contract (May 2023) gave no earlier than December 2024 and is out of date. KARI's 2025 brochure gives 2026 as the launch year, with no month.
Instruments and payloads
- Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); KARI cites 50 cm resolution
Primary source: avio.com. Facts checked on 2026-10-10. Dates are the operator's targets and can change; this page does not report launch outcomes.