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S. Korea’s Indigenous Weather Satellite Shoots First Image

S. Korea’s Indigenous Weather Satellite Shoots First Image

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first indigenous geostationary weather satellite, the Chollian-2A, has successfully provided its first image from orbit, the government said Tuesday. The multipurpose satellite, also known as GEO-KOMPSAT-2A, was launched from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guinea, aboard a launch vehicle made by Arianespace on Dec. 5. The [...]

S. Korea’s Indigenous Weather Satellite Successfully Launched

S. Korea’s Indigenous Weather Satellite Successfully Launched

SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s first indigenous geostationary weather satellite, the Chollian-2A, intended to enhance the country’s weather monitoring system, successfully made initial contact with a ground station after blasting off from a space center in French Guiana, the government in Seoul said Wednesday. The multipurpose satellite, also known as GEO-KOMPSAT-2A, lifted [...]