Jacques van Oene
May 17th 05, 01:46 PM
EADS Astrium awarded Korea's first geostationary multi-functional satellite
contract
Seoul May 17,2005
EADS Astrium has been awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace and
Research Institute, KARI, to design and manufacture the first Korean
multi-function geostationary satellite "COMS".
The highly advanced COMS satellite has three payloads; one for meteorology,
one for ocean observation and one for communications. COMS will provide
meteorology data to end-users around the globe, oceanography data for the
Korean peninsula and experimental communications services in Ka-band, all
from its orbital locations 116º and 138° East.
COMS is the third Earth observation spacecraft designed and manufactured for
the Asia-Pacific region by EADS Astrium confirming the company's leading
position in the market.
As prime contractor for COMS, EADS Astrium will be responsible for the
design and build of the satellite including both the meteorology and ocean
imagers - the communications payload will be provided by KARI in Korea, as a
Customer Furnished Equipment.
a.. COMS provides continuous image monitoring with the extraction of high
resolution meteorological data from its multi-spectral imager. It will give
early warning of hazardous weather conditions including storms, floods,
sandstorms, etc and provide data on the long-term changes in sea surface
temperatures and cloud patterns. Earth observation data from COMS will be
relayed to a processing station. Once processed, the data will be resent
via the COMS satellite to weather forecasters, Earth observation centres etc
around the world.
b.. COMS will also carry an Ocean Imager to monitor marine environments
around the Korean peninsula and provide data (on chlorophyll etc) to assist
the fishing industry in the region. It will also monitor both long and
short-term changes to the marine ecosystem.
c.. The communications payload on-board COMS will allow "in-orbit
verification" of advanced communication technologies and will support
experiments covering wide-band multi-media communication services.
The spacecraft will have a launch mass of 2.4 tonnes and a spacecraft power
of 2.5kW at end of life. The satellite, operating from geostationary orbit,
will provide services for a minimum of seven years. COMS is primarily based
on EADS Astrium's Eurostar E3000 spacecraft platform - the latest version of
the company's highly successful Eurostar communications satellite family.
Four Eurostar E3000 spacecraft are already operating in geostationary orbit.
Seven more are in production.
COMS is KARI's first geostationary satellite and will provide Korea with its
own meteorology and ocean data thus giving increased independence. COMS is
part of a 15-year Korean space plan begun in the 1990s, and followed
systematically ever since.
Antoine Bouvier, CEO of EADS Astrium, said: "I am delighted that we have won
this contract for Korea's first multi-mission geostationary satellite. It
demonstrates KARI's confidence in EADS Astrium and builds on the success
already achieved with the Korean observation satellite Kompsat 2 due for
launch in November this year. I am confident that these contracts will pave
the way for further successful, long-term cooperation with KARI."
KARI (www.kari.re.kr) leads the development of Korean space programs and
technologies and has extensive space experience through the development of
Kompsat-1 and Kompsat-2.
EADS Astrium is Europe's leading satellite system specialist. Its activities
cover complete civil and military telecommunications and Earth observation
and meteorology systems, science and navigation programmes, and all
spacecraft avionics and equipment.
EADS Astrium is a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS SPACE, which is dedicated
to providing civil and defense space systems. In 2004 EADS SPACE had a
turnover of ?2.6 billion and 11,000 employees in France, Germany, the United
Kingdom and Spain.
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services.
In 2004, EADS generated revenues of ?31.8 billion and employed a workforce
of more than 110,000.
COMS Technical characteristics
Spacecraft: based on Eurostar E3000
Launch mass: 2.4 tonnes
DC power / End of life: 2.5 kW
Design lifetime: 7 years +
Orbital location: Geostationary orbit,
116 or 138 degrees East longitude
Payload:
Meteo Imager: the Imager is a multi-spectral channel two-axis scanning
radiometer, and is capable of providing imagery and radiometric information
of the Earth's surface and cloud cover over 5-channels - one visible channel
(1km ground resolution) and 4 Infra-Red channels (4km resolution).
Ocean colour Imager: the advanced Ocean Imager has a sophisticated focal
plane providing for the first time ever, ocean data from geostationary
orbit. The Ocean Imager will provide data over 8 imaging bands in the
visible spectrum. Ground resolution over Korea is 500m.
Meteorology Data Dissemination function: Using an S-band receiving antenna
and an L-band transmitting antenna, this function will allow dissemination
in HRIT and LRIT format of weather data.
Communications Payload: The Ka-Band payload will provide three regional
beams simultaneously. The Ka-Band Payload will provide the beam switching
function for high speed multimedia services including the internet via
satellite in the public communications network for all coverage.
Press contact:
EADS SPACE (FR) Rémi ROLAND +33 (0) 1 42
24 27 34
EADS SPACE (UK) Alistair SCOTT +44 (0)
1438 77 3698
EADS SPACE (GER) Mathias PIKELJ +49 (0)
7545 8 91 23
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
contract
Seoul May 17,2005
EADS Astrium has been awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace and
Research Institute, KARI, to design and manufacture the first Korean
multi-function geostationary satellite "COMS".
The highly advanced COMS satellite has three payloads; one for meteorology,
one for ocean observation and one for communications. COMS will provide
meteorology data to end-users around the globe, oceanography data for the
Korean peninsula and experimental communications services in Ka-band, all
from its orbital locations 116º and 138° East.
COMS is the third Earth observation spacecraft designed and manufactured for
the Asia-Pacific region by EADS Astrium confirming the company's leading
position in the market.
As prime contractor for COMS, EADS Astrium will be responsible for the
design and build of the satellite including both the meteorology and ocean
imagers - the communications payload will be provided by KARI in Korea, as a
Customer Furnished Equipment.
a.. COMS provides continuous image monitoring with the extraction of high
resolution meteorological data from its multi-spectral imager. It will give
early warning of hazardous weather conditions including storms, floods,
sandstorms, etc and provide data on the long-term changes in sea surface
temperatures and cloud patterns. Earth observation data from COMS will be
relayed to a processing station. Once processed, the data will be resent
via the COMS satellite to weather forecasters, Earth observation centres etc
around the world.
b.. COMS will also carry an Ocean Imager to monitor marine environments
around the Korean peninsula and provide data (on chlorophyll etc) to assist
the fishing industry in the region. It will also monitor both long and
short-term changes to the marine ecosystem.
c.. The communications payload on-board COMS will allow "in-orbit
verification" of advanced communication technologies and will support
experiments covering wide-band multi-media communication services.
The spacecraft will have a launch mass of 2.4 tonnes and a spacecraft power
of 2.5kW at end of life. The satellite, operating from geostationary orbit,
will provide services for a minimum of seven years. COMS is primarily based
on EADS Astrium's Eurostar E3000 spacecraft platform - the latest version of
the company's highly successful Eurostar communications satellite family.
Four Eurostar E3000 spacecraft are already operating in geostationary orbit.
Seven more are in production.
COMS is KARI's first geostationary satellite and will provide Korea with its
own meteorology and ocean data thus giving increased independence. COMS is
part of a 15-year Korean space plan begun in the 1990s, and followed
systematically ever since.
Antoine Bouvier, CEO of EADS Astrium, said: "I am delighted that we have won
this contract for Korea's first multi-mission geostationary satellite. It
demonstrates KARI's confidence in EADS Astrium and builds on the success
already achieved with the Korean observation satellite Kompsat 2 due for
launch in November this year. I am confident that these contracts will pave
the way for further successful, long-term cooperation with KARI."
KARI (www.kari.re.kr) leads the development of Korean space programs and
technologies and has extensive space experience through the development of
Kompsat-1 and Kompsat-2.
EADS Astrium is Europe's leading satellite system specialist. Its activities
cover complete civil and military telecommunications and Earth observation
and meteorology systems, science and navigation programmes, and all
spacecraft avionics and equipment.
EADS Astrium is a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS SPACE, which is dedicated
to providing civil and defense space systems. In 2004 EADS SPACE had a
turnover of ?2.6 billion and 11,000 employees in France, Germany, the United
Kingdom and Spain.
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services.
In 2004, EADS generated revenues of ?31.8 billion and employed a workforce
of more than 110,000.
COMS Technical characteristics
Spacecraft: based on Eurostar E3000
Launch mass: 2.4 tonnes
DC power / End of life: 2.5 kW
Design lifetime: 7 years +
Orbital location: Geostationary orbit,
116 or 138 degrees East longitude
Payload:
Meteo Imager: the Imager is a multi-spectral channel two-axis scanning
radiometer, and is capable of providing imagery and radiometric information
of the Earth's surface and cloud cover over 5-channels - one visible channel
(1km ground resolution) and 4 Infra-Red channels (4km resolution).
Ocean colour Imager: the advanced Ocean Imager has a sophisticated focal
plane providing for the first time ever, ocean data from geostationary
orbit. The Ocean Imager will provide data over 8 imaging bands in the
visible spectrum. Ground resolution over Korea is 500m.
Meteorology Data Dissemination function: Using an S-band receiving antenna
and an L-band transmitting antenna, this function will allow dissemination
in HRIT and LRIT format of weather data.
Communications Payload: The Ka-Band payload will provide three regional
beams simultaneously. The Ka-Band Payload will provide the beam switching
function for high speed multimedia services including the internet via
satellite in the public communications network for all coverage.
Press contact:
EADS SPACE (FR) Rémi ROLAND +33 (0) 1 42
24 27 34
EADS SPACE (UK) Alistair SCOTT +44 (0)
1438 77 3698
EADS SPACE (GER) Mathias PIKELJ +49 (0)
7545 8 91 23
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info