[과학]Launch of next-generation medium-sized satellites made in Korea…opens the era of civilian satellites

[과학]Launch of next-generation medium-sized satellites made in Korea…opens the era of civilian satellites

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Next-generation medium-sized satellite 1 completed with pure domestic technology will be launched in Kazakhstan this afternoon.

The next-generation mid-sized satellite is a sign that the domestic space industry is transforming from government-led to private companies.

Reporter Kim Jin-du reports.

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The next-generation medium-sized satellite is launched from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan.

Russian Soyuz rockets are used, and 30 satellites in addition to our satellites are simultaneously mounted and head to space.

The size of the next-generation medium-sized satellite is smaller than that of the Arirang satellite.

However, it is equipped with a high-performance 0.5m camera that can distinguish a person standing on the ground.

In particular, it has the advantage of being able to create a three-dimensional 3D map at once if it is used with No. 2, which will be launched at the beginning of next year.

It is the twin satellites of the next generation medium-sized satellites currently under ground testing. The satellite will move to Kazakhstan later this year and launch early next year.

[이덕규 / 항우연 위성 탑재체 연구부 : 차세대 1호가 먼저 어떤 지역을 찍습니다. 다음으로 차세대 2호가 어떤 각도를 유지하면서 같은 지역을 촬영하고, 다음에 두 영상을 합치면 3차원 영상을 생성하게 됩니다.]

The next-generation medium-sized satellite was started with the purpose of transferring the technology secured by the government to the private sector from the planning stage.

Korea Aerospace Industries and KAI participated in the process of creating a satellite by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and learned the system and main body technology.

[이승훈 / 항우연 위성연구소장 : 정부 주도로 출연연구소가 개발했다면 이제는 민간 업체가 주도해서 산업화, 국산화하는, 이렇게 (위성 산업의) 새로운 장이 열리는 하나의 중요한 변곡점이 됐다고 봅니다.]

The adoption of a’platform’ method that only changes payloads such as cameras while keeping the frame of the satellite intact is taking into account the situation where satellite utilization is becoming more active.

[조명희 / 국회 ICT 융합포럼 대표의원 : 국회에서도 대한민국이 우주 강국으로서, 위성 활용 시대를 선도할 수 있도록 위성정보 활용 촉진과 우주산업 발전을 위한 전반적인 법 제도 개선과 정책 노력을 계속해 나가겠습니다.]

Next-generation medium-sized satellites 1 and twin satellites 2 are scheduled to orbit about 500 km from the surface to manage national land resources such as map making, and to secure video data for disaster response such as typhoons and forest fires.

This is YTN Kim Jin-du.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]

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