Korea Aerospace Research Institute

16 satellites in orbit, 11 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 8, 2026, 4:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT

Korea Aerospace Research Institute is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code KARI, of Great Han People's Nation. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
E3TESTER-2Not knownLow Earth orbitYes
KOMPSAT-7Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
E3TESTERNot knownLow Earth orbitYes
DUMMY CUBESATNot knownLow Earth orbitEnded
KSLV-II DUMMYNot knownLow Earth orbitEnded
PVSATNot knownLow Earth orbitYes
CAS500-1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
GEO-KOMPSAT-2BEarth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYes
GEO-KOMPSAT-2AEarth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYes
KOMPSAT 3AEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
STSAT 3Space telescopeLow Earth orbitEnded
KOMPSAT 5Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
KOMPSAT 3Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
COMS 1Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
KOMPSAT 2Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
KOMPSATEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded