Mission status:
KARI lost contact with its spacecraft on Dec. 30, 2007 -- ending the operational life of the KOMPSAT-1/Arirang-1 mission. Initial reviews pointed toward a possible machinery malfunction or a misalignment that may have affected power generation. - In the first half of January 2008, KARI had made repeated but unsuccessful uplink efforts since contact was lost on December 30. As of Jan. 31, 2008 the KOMPSAT-1/Arirang-1 mission was officially retired. The satellite is programmed to use its own power for an orbital descend and reentry.