Space missions for astronomy and astrophysics in Korea: past, present, and future
Abstract
We review the history of space missions in Korea focusing on the field of astronomy and astrophysics. For each mission, scientific motivation and achievement are reviewed together with some technical details of the program, including mission schedule. This review includes ongoing and currently approved missions, as well as some planned ones. Within the admitted limitations of the authors' perspectives, some comments on the future direction of the space program for astronomy and astrophysics in Korea are made at the end of this review.
- Publication:
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Journal of Korean Physical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 2021
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2012.01120
- Bibcode:
- 2021JKPS...78..942S
- Keywords:
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- Space mission;
- Satellite program;
- History of Korean astronomy and astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 29 pages, 31 figures, and 4 tables. To be published in the special issue of Journal of Korean Physical Society (JKPS) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Astrophysics Division of Korean Physical Society (KPS)