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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 942-971 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Journal of the Korean Physical Society |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 May |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to congratulate the Astrophysics Division of the Korean Physical Society (KPS) on its 25th anniversary and to give special thanks that this review is included in the special issue. FIMS/SPEAR was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Korea) and NASA (USA). The FIMS/SPEAR mission was a joint project of KASI, KAIST, and the University of California at Berkeley (USA). MIRIS was supported by a National Research Foundation (NRF) grant funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) of Korea (2014M1A3A3A02034746). YWL acknowledges the support from the NRF of Korea (2017R1A2B3002919). GALEX was a NASA Small Explorer, launched in April 2003. We gratefully acknowledge NASA’s support for construction, operation, and science analysis for the GALEX mission, developed in cooperation with the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales of France and the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology. The Korean participation in AKARI was supported by the Phase 1 BK21 program, KOSEF-JSPS Cooporative Program, and NRF grants (2006-0093852, 2012R1A4A1028713). MBK and IHP acknowledge the support from the NRF of Korea (2018R1A2A1A05022685, 2017K1A4A3015188). WSJ acknowledges the support from a NRF grant funded by MSIT of Korea (2018M1A3A3A02065645). The NGC mission has been funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Korea) and NASA (USA). The BITSE and the CODEX projects were joint projects of KASI and NASA (USA). KK acknowledges the support from a NRF grant of Korea (2016R1A5A1013277).
Funding Information:
We would like to congratulate the Astrophysics Division of the Korean Physical Society (KPS) on its 25th anniversary and to give special thanks that this review is included in the special issue. FIMS/SPEAR was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Korea) and NASA (USA). The FIMS/SPEAR mission was a joint project of KASI, KAIST, and the University of California at Berkeley (USA). MIRIS was supported by a National Research Foundation (NRF) grant funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) of Korea (2014M1A3A3A02034746). YWL acknowledges the support from the NRF of Korea (2017R1A2B3002919). GALEX was a NASA Small Explorer, launched in April 2003. We gratefully acknowledge NASA?s support for construction, operation, and science analysis for the GALEX mission, developed in cooperation with the Centre National d?Etudes Spatiales of France and the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology. The Korean participation in AKARI was supported by the Phase 1 BK21 program, KOSEF-JSPS Cooporative Program, and NRF grants (2006-0093852, 2012R1A4A1028713). MBK and IHP acknowledge the support from the NRF of Korea (2018R1A2A1A05022685, 2017K1A4A3015188). WSJ acknowledges the support from a NRF grant funded by MSIT of Korea (2018M1A3A3A02065645). The NGC mission has been funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Korea) and NASA (USA). The BITSE and the CODEX projects were joint projects of KASI and NASA (USA). KK acknowledges the support from a NRF grant of Korea (2016R1A5A1013277).
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© 2021, The Korean Physical Society.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)