Provide high-resolution color and multispectral imagery of the Earth.?
First South Korean military satellite.
"Will monitor meteorological events on earth as well as study space weather. Carries the Advanced Meteorological Imager, a 16-channel camera built by Harris Corp. in Fort Wayne, Indiana"
"Carries 36 Ku-band transponders, providing Internet access, television broadcast and other multimedia services in Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Guam, Southeast Asia, and South Asia."
"Joint venture, commercial and Brazilian Air Force. 57 Ka-band and X-band transponders."
"Support Geographical Information Systems, environmental, agricultural and oceanographic monitoring. There may also be a miltary/strategic imaging role."
To develop the first Korean SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) Satellite