The first KOMPSAT-2 images

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KOMPSAT-2, the metric satellite whose images will be distributed by Spot Image, was launched successfully on 28 July, 2006.
See the first images below.



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- Satellite Image - Sydney Olympic Park - Australia - KOMPSAT-2 - 4 m MS (c) KARI - Distribution Spot Image -
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Satellite Image - Sydney Olympic Park - Australia - KOMPSAT-2 - 4 m MS (c) KARI - Distribution Spot Image

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Sydney Olympic Park - Australia
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Built for the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia, Sydney Olympic Park covers a 640-hectare site. The KOMPSAT-2 1-metre-resolution image highlights the original design of the landscaping and sports facilities.

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The Telstra Stadium, formerly Stadium Australia, has a capacity of 85,000 and a translucent polycarbonate roof. Just next to the Sydney SuperDome (now the Acer Arena) along Olympic Boulevard, flanked by a forest of street lights, the stadium stands opposite the conference centre topped by a small white dome backing onto the underground station tunnel. The two athletics stadiums are either side of the Aquatic Centre with its diamond-patterned roof. The hockey pitches and tennis courts are at the southern end of the park. To the east of this subscene, the shaded boardwalks in the Bicentennial Park wind their way through the mangroves.


 

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Mount Paektu - North Korea
- Standing on the border with China, Mount Paektu is the highest peak on the Korean peninsula, rising to 2,744 metres. A volcano extinct since 1702, it is a sacred symbol for Koreans.
In this KOMPSAT-2 multispectral 4-metre-resolution image, streams rushing down the crater sides into T’ien Lake (Ch'ŏn in Korean) are clearly visible. Korea’s two longest rivers also rise here: the Yalu (Amnok in Korean), running westward for 790 kilometres, and the Tumen (Tuman), running east for 521 kilometres, mark Korea’s northern border.

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- Satellite Image - Mount Paektu - North Korea - KOMPSAT-2 - 4 m color (c) KARI - Distribution Spot Image -
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Satellite Image - Mount Paektu - North Korea - KOMPSAT-2 - 4 m color (c) KARI - Distribution Spot Image

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- Satellite Image - San Francisco international  airport - KOMPSAT-2 - 1 m B&W (c) KARI - Distribution Spot Image -
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Satellite Image - San Francisco international airport - KOMPSAT-2 - 1 m B&W (c) KARI - Distribution Spot Image

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San Francisco International Airport - United States
- The black-and-white KOMPSAT-2 1-metre-resolution image shows the bustling activity in the northern area of San Francisco International Airport, California. Nine wide-body aircraft are parked around the international terminal. The ramps reserved for domestic flights accommodate smaller aircraft. Maintenance vehicles and baggage carriers are scurrying around on the tarmac. The intra-airport automated people mover runs above the terminals and octagon-shaped car park.
- In 1959, San Francisco International Airport became the first to operate telescopic bridges allowing passengers to board planes directly from inside the terminal. This technological innovation has since been widely adopted and is now used at most of the world’s commercial airports.
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