Korea Aerospace Administration Breaks Ground on 'Geumsan Antenna Station' for First KPS Satellite

The First Step Toward Developing an Ultra-Precise Regional Satellite Navigation System Near the Korean Peninsula

The Korea Aerospace Administration announced on July 23 that it held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Korean Positioning System (KPS) Antenna Station at the KT SAT Geumsan Satellite Center in Geumsan, Chungnam Province.

The KPS development project aims to establish a highly precise regional satellite navigation system for the area surrounding the Korean Peninsula. The system comprises satellites as well as ground infrastructure, including an integrated operations center, satellite control center, antenna stations, monitoring stations, and mission control stations.

Participants are taking a commemorative photo at the groundbreaking ceremony of the KPS Antenna Station. Photo by Korea Aerospace Administration

The antenna station is the first project to be launched among the KPS ground systems. It is a facility that transmits navigation data to satellites and sends and receives satellite control commands.

The Korea Aerospace Administration will build two antennas for the control of the first KPS satellite and plans to sequentially establish all ground subsystems prior to the launch of the entire KPS satellite constellation.

Yoon Youngbin, Administrator of the Korea Aerospace Administration, stated, "We will actively support KPS so that it can become a core infrastructure in various domestic fields, including precision agriculture, autonomous driving, and disaster response."

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