 Kim completed the launch (Aug 22, 2013) of the KOMPSAT-5 which is equipped with a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) instrument.KOMPSAT-5 is being operated at a mean altitude of 550 km in a Dawn-Dusk orbit and will conduct all weather and all day observation of the earth during its five-year mission period.The STSAT-3 project was initiated in December 2006 and the flight model of the STSAT-3 was launched into a sun-synchronous orbit at a nominal altitude of 600 km on 21 November 2013.