Research Article

Orthorectification of KOMPSAT Optical Images Using Various Ground Reference Data and Accuracy Assessment

Table 1

Main specifications of KOMPSAT.

ItemsKOMPSAT-2KOMPSAT-3KOMPSAT-3A

Ground Sample Distance (GSD)PAN: 1 m @ nadir 
MS: 4 m @ nadir
PAN: 0.7 m @ nadir 
MS: 2.8 m @ nadir
PAN: 0.55 m @ nadir 
MS: 2.2 m @ nadir
Spectral bandPAN: 500~900 nm 
MS1 (Blue): 450~520 nm 
MS2 (Green): 520~600 nm 
MS3 (Red): 630~690 nm 
MS4 (NIR): 760~900 nm
PAN: 450~900 nm 
MS1 (Blue): 450~520 nm 
MS2 (Green): 520~600 nm 
MS3 (Red): 630~690 nm 
MS4 (NIR): 760~900 nm
PAN: 400~900 nm 
MS1 (Blue): 450~520 nm 
MS2 (Green): 520~600 nm 
MS3 (Red): 630~690 nm 
MS4 (NIR): 760~900 nm
Swath width15 km @ nadir16 km @ nadir13 km @ nadir
Altitude685 km685 km528 km
Quantization10 bits14 bits14 bits
Duty cycle20% per orbit10% per orbit10% per orbit