Space Missions for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Korea: Past, Present, and Future
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2021-05-05 v1
Abstract
We review the history of space mission 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 the ongoing and currently approved missions as well as some planned ones. Within the admitted limitations of authors' perspectives, some comments on the future direction of space program for astronomy and astrophysics in Korea are made at the end of this review.
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@article{arxiv.2012.01120,
title = {Space Missions for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Korea: Past, Present, and Future},
author = {Kwang-il Seon and Wonyong Han and Young-Wook Lee and Hyung Mok Lee and Min Bin Kim and I. H. Park and Woong-Seob Jeong and Kyung-Suk Cho and Jae Jin Lee and Dae-Hee Lee and Kyujin Kwak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.01120},
year = {2021}
}
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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)