Arirang-1 & ACRIMSat

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 21 Dec 1999, 07:13 am UTC

Rocket: Minotaur-C 2110 (Minotaur)

Provider: Orbital Sciences Corporation

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 576E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Description

The KOMPSAT 1 (Korean Multi-purpose Satellite 1) Earth observation satellite was developed jointly by KARI and TRW. ACRIMSat (Active Cavity Radiometric Irradiance Monitor Satellite) was a satellite to ascertain the extent of solar radiation variability.