Korea Featured Space Programs

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This article discusses the development and performance testing of Hanwha’s Inter Satellite Link (ISL) equipment.

韓 우주 인터넷 시대 ‘성큼’… 한화시스템, 위성간 레이저 통신기술 국내 첫 확보 | 한화그룹

≫ 한화시스템이 광주과학기술원 고등광기술연구소에서 ISL 중거리 통신 시험을 수행하고 있는 모습 한화시스템이 국내 기업 최초로 저궤도 위성용 ISL(Inter Satellite Link·위성간 레이저 통신) 장비 개발 및 성능시험에 성공하며 대한민국 ‘우주 인터넷’ 시대 실현에 한 걸음

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The Compact Advanced Satellite 500-2 has finally been launched into space. It was originally scheduled to launch from Russia in 2022, but the launch was delayed due to Russia’s damn invasion of Ukraine. While the CAS500-2 was delayed due to a change in the launch vehicle, the CAS500-3 was mounted on the Nuri rocket last year and was launched into space first.

In any case, the Compact Advanced Satellite 500 Series is a 500-kg-class low-Earth orbit Earth observation satellite developed by KARI. It features a standardized platform, and the project’s objective is to achieve technological self-reliance by increasing the domestic production rate of key components.

The CAS500-1 and CAS500-2 are used for land management and disaster response, while the CAS500-3 is used for space science and technology verification, the CAS500-4 for monitoring forest resources and land cover changes, and the CAS500-5 for monitoring water resources.

Before-and-after comparison images of a wildfire-affected area captured by CAS500-1

Before-and-after comparison images of the landslide-affected area captured by CAS500-1

Images captured with the CAS500-1 can be viewed at https://map.ngii.go.kr/ms/map/nlipCASImgMap.do.