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Smart Technology Using Drones and Satellites Brings Evolution to Maps

Smart Technology Using Drones and Satellites Brings Evolution to Maps

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the National Geographic Information Institute on Monday unveiled high-precision satellite images and the process of making high-precision maps. Drones play an important role in land surveying. The introduction of exclusive drones mounted with high-resolution cameras has contributed to improving both precision [...]

S. Korea Decides to Scrap Satellite Launches Using Russian Rockets amid Sanctions

S. Korea Decides to Scrap Satellite Launches Using Russian Rockets amid Sanctions

SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has decided to cancel plans to launch satellites using Russian rockets later this year amid the international community’s sanctions on Russia’s space program over the Ukrainian war, a government document showed Wednesday. The government had planned to launch the Korea Multipurpose Satellite 6, known as the Arirang [...]

S. Korea Successfully Deploys Precision Navigation Satellite to Boost GPS Accuracy, Flight Safety

S. Korea Successfully Deploys Precision Navigation Satellite to Boost GPS Accuracy, Flight Safety

SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea successfully launched a precision aviation satellite Thursday to improve the accuracy and reliability of global positioning system (GPS) signals and better ensure flight safety, the government said. The satellite for the Korea Augmentation Satellite System (KASS), the country’s first precision GPS location augmentation system, lifted off from [...]

S. Korea Confirms Homegrown Space Rocket’s Satellite Orbit Deployment Capability

S. Korea Confirms Homegrown Space Rocket’s Satellite Orbit Deployment Capability

SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean satellite has made two-way communication with its ground station, officials said Wednesday, confirming the success of the country’s first-ever self-powered satellite deployment project. South Korea on Tuesday successfully launched the 200-ton Nuri from Naro Space Center in the country’s southern coastal village of Goheung in a [...]

S. Korea Releases Observation Images from Next-generation Satellite

S. Korea Releases Observation Images from Next-generation Satellite

SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science ministry on Tuesday released observation images taken by the country’s next-generation midsized satellite launched earlier this year as the country expands its space program. The 540-kilogram satellite was launched into space on Russia’s Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 22 to conduct [...]

Satellite to Detect Styrofoam Waste Accumulating on Uninhabited Islands

Satellite to Detect Styrofoam Waste Accumulating on Uninhabited Islands

SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A high-definition optical satellite will be used from next year to detect styrofoam waste, the main culprit behind the pollution of the marine environment on uninhabited islands, a state-run research institute said Sunday. South Korea has about 2,800 uninhabited islands. It has been difficult to get a grasp of [...]

S. Korea Releases Satellite Images of Air Quality in East Asia

S. Korea Releases Satellite Images of Air Quality in East Asia

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday released satellite imagery showing the movement of fine dust from China to South Korea in the latest scientific evidence that China is partly to blame for poor air quality in the region. The Chollian-2B, a South Korean environmental satellite, observed high concentrations of fine dust [...]