COMS Retirement Information - Korea Meteorological Administration
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) is going to retire Korea’s first geostationary meteorological satellite, COMS, or Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite. The COMS’ meteorological imager (MI) will be terminating its observation on 31 March 2020 at UTC 23:59. The COMS, located at 128.2 °E and operated by KMA, was launched on 26 June 2010 and started its official operation on 1 April after its 10-month in-orbit test. It was operated two years longer than its seven-year design lifespan and finally, its meteorological mission is about to reach the end-point after nine years of operation history.
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) is going to retire Korea’s first geostationary meteorological satellite, COMS, or Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite. The COMS’ meteorological imager (MI) will be terminating its observation on 31 March 2020 at UTC 23:59. The COMS, located at 128.2 °E and operated by KMA, was launched on 26 June 2010 and started its official operation on 1 April after its 10-month in-orbit test. It was operated two years longer than its seven-year design lifespan and finally, its meteorological mission is about to reach the end-point after nine years of operation history.
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- Republic of Korea