DEVELOPMENT OF ON-BOARD SOFTWARE FOR COMS GEOSTATIONARY OCEAN COLOR IMAGER

  • Park, Su-Hyun (Communication Satellite Systems Department, COMS Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute) ;
  • Koo, Cheol-Hae (Communication Satellite Systems Department, COMS Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute) ;
  • Kang, Soo-Yeon (Communication Satellite Systems Department, COMS Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute) ;
  • Yang, Koon-Ho (Communication Satellite Systems Department, COMS Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute) ;
  • Choi, Seong-Bong (Communication Satellite Systems Department, COMS Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
  • Published : 2006.11.02

Abstract

The Communication Ocean Meteorological Satellite (COMS) is a geostationary satellite being developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute. Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) is one of the payloads embarked on the COMS satellite. It acquires ocean images around Korea in 8 visible spectral bands with a spatial resolution of about 500 m. The acquired data are used to provide forecasting and now casting of the ocean state. The GOCI operations are controlled by the satellite embedded software, i.e. on-board software. This paper introduces the GOCI payload of the COMS satellite and describes the control software for the GOCI.

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