WMO OSCAR | Details for Satellite Programme: STSat

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Satellite Programme: Science and Technology Satellite

Programme details

Programme description	Series of technological satellites open to scientific applications, especially in the Space weather field. Payload changing with satellite. Korean programme: several institutes or administrations involved, KARI responsible of coordinating development and provide operations. The satellites are actively stabilised over 3 axes. The design lifetime is 2 years. Orbits are either synsynchronous around 10:30, or highly elliptical with high inclination. See detailed descriptions at https://directory.eoportal.org/missions/stsat-1, https://directory.eoportal.org/missions/stsat-2 and https://directory.eoportal.org/missions/stsat-3
Data circulation	Onboard stored and real-time data are dowlinked to the KARI Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), also responsible of processing and distribution.
Agencies	KARI
Programme lifetime	2003 - 2023

Associated satellites and instruments

Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned

Science and Technology Satellite
- STSat-1 (2003-2005)
- STSat-2 (2009-2009)
  - DREAM
  - LRA
- STSat-2C (2013-2014)
- STSat-3 (2013-2023)