First Release of Cheollian 2B Ocean Satellite Images... Utilized for Marine Disaster Response and Fishery Exploration

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] On the 5th, the standard marine imagery data from the Cheollian Satellite 2B will be publicly released for the first time through the National Oceanographic Research Institute's website.

The Cheollian Satellite 2B is a geostationary satellite designed to observe the marine and atmospheric environment around East Asia, including the Korean Peninsula.

It was launched on February 19th from the Guiana Space Centre in South America and has successfully completed various test operations over approximately eight months to smoothly provide high-quality marine satellite imagery. Currently, it is undergoing test operations to produce high-quality atmospheric environment satellite imagery.

Equipped with marine payloads with improved performance compared to Cheollian Satellite 1, Cheollian Satellite 2B is expected to produce various marine information such as sea fog and low-salinity water, which were previously unobservable.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries provides marine imagery data produced for easy public access through the National Oceanographic Research Institute's website. It is expected to be utilized by various entities such as local governments responding to marine disasters like red tides and oil spills, fisheries support and management organizations involved in fishery exploration, and research institutions.

Institutions that use marine imagery data in their operations, such as the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, the National Meteorological Satellite Center, and the National Environmental Satellite Center, will be directly provided with marine observation information through a dedicated communication network.

Next year, additional satellite information services will be introduced, including integrating various marine information such as the wide-area distribution of marine debris and the migration routes of Sargassum horneri into map-based services. Twenty-six types of products, including marine debris distribution, will be publicly available starting January next year. Satellite information services for responding to marine issues such as red tides and oil pollution detection will also be provided.

The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Environmental Research plan to publicly release the atmospheric environment observation satellite imagery from Cheollian Satellite 2B at the end of this month and, after a verification process, officially provide the service starting next year.

Kim Young-woo, Head of the Climate and Atmospheric Research Division at the National Institute of Environmental Research, stated, "We will provide top-level atmospheric environment information to the public and make our best efforts to improve the atmospheric environment."

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