The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced on Tuesday that a multipurpose satellite that will observe natural disasters and the environment of the Korean Peninsula will be developed with domestic technology.
 
The ministry said that the Korea Aerospace Research Institute will lead the project for developing the satellite named Arirang 7.
 
A total of 310 billion won will be injected into the project with the aim of launching the satellite in 2021. The entire procedures of designing and putting together the satellite will be carried out using domestic technology.
 
The Arirang 7 will be equipped with an optical camera with a zero-point-three meter resolution, enabling it to distinguish whether a vehicle is a small car or a truck.
 
Having an attitude control system, the satellite will be able to change its position eight to nine times when taking images of a certain place.
 
The Arirang 3A, which was launched in March of last year, can determine the existence of cars on the Earth’s surface and change positions three times when taking imagery of one place.