Observer-1 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Name	Observer-1
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	16U
Organization	Nara Space
Institution	Company
Entity	Commercial
Nation	South Korea
Manufacturer	AIVT by Nara Space
Operator	Nara Space
Launch brokerer	Exolaunch
Oneliner	Observer-1 is Nara Space’s first Earth observation nano satellite with its own Observer platform applied.
Description	NaraSpace's first nano-satellite standard for Earth Observation constellations with 7 optical bands. SPATIAL RESOLUTION 1.5 m -> 0.5 m (w/SR, color) FIELD OF VIEW 14 km x 40 km PAYLOAD Optical (RGB, Red Edge, NIR) Naraspace is also targeting the European market with its 'Earth Paper' service, which provides high-resolution images by analyzing satellite data based on big data and artificial intelligence ( AI ). Earth Paper is operated based on the observation data of the high-resolution observation satellites Observer 1A and 1B, which will be launched in the second half of this year and the first half of next year.
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Related Spacecraft

Name	Status	Rocket	Launch	Orbit
Observer-1 A (Observer-1A)	Operational (News on 2023-11-13 last checked 2023-12-16)	Falcon 9, (Transporter-9)	2023-11-11	520 km, 97.5 deg
Observer-1 B (Observer-1B, GyeonggiSat-1)	Operational? (LinkedIn post about it being in orbit but communications a bit unclear, last checked 2025-12-24)	Falcon 9, (Transporter-15)	2025-11-28	510 km, 97.5 deg

Last modified: 2026-01-04