OVERVIEW OF KOREA OCEAN SATELLITE CENTER (KOSC) DEVELOPMENT

  • Yang, Chan-Su (Ocean Satellite Research Group, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Han, Hee-Jeong (Ocean Satellite Research Group, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Ahn, Yu-Hwan (Ocean Satellite Research Group, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Moon, Jeong-Eon (Ocean Satellite Research Group, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute) ;
  • Lee, Nu-Ree (Ocean Satellite Research Group, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
  • Published : 2006.11.02

Abstract

The Korea Ocean Satellite Center (KOSC) is under development to establish in line with the launch of the first Korean multi-function geostationary satellite COMS (Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite) scheduled in 2008. KOSC aims to receive, process and distribute Geostationary Ocean Color Sensor (GOCI) data on board COMS in near-real time. In this report, current status of KOSC development is presented in the following categories; site selection for KOSC, antenna design, GOCI data receiving and processing system, data distribution, future works.

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