operates in a near-polar, circular Sun-synchronous orbit. The orbital parameters are:
* Mean altitude: 685 km
* Mass: 800 kg
* Inclination: 98.1° (Sun-synchronous orbit)
* Orbital period: 98.6 minutes
* Orbital cycle: 28 days

Instruments

KOMPSAT-2's instruments are designed to acquire high- and very-high-resolution imagery with a footprint of 15 km. The satellite has the capacity to acquire 20 minutes of imagery on each orbit and it can

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