CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - COMS -
Full Name Communications, Ocean, and Meteorological Satellit
aka Cheollian
Status Mission complete
Mission Agencies KMA, ASTRIUM, KARI, KIOST Launch Date 26 Jun 2010
Mission Links EOL Date 01 Apr 2021
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 36744 (TLE)
International Designator 2010-032A
Orbit Type Geostationary Orbit Period
Orbit Sense N/A Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude 36000 km Orbit Longitude 128.2 deg
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications Korea's geostationary meteorological satellite series. The meteorological and ocean missions ended in March 2020 and March 2021, respectively. The communication mission is still operational.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols MI
Atmospheric Humidity Fields MI
Atmospheric Winds MI
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature MI
Liquid water and precipitation rate MI
Radiation budget MI
LandAlbedo and reflectance MI
Surface temperature (land) MI
Multi-purpose imagery (land) MI
OceanOcean colour/biology GOCI
Surface temperature (ocean) MI
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) MI
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth MI
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness MI
Mission Instruments
GOCI - Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager
MI - Meteorological Imager
OpenSearch Datasets Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 2 )
COMS Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) Data Regional Data
COMS Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) Ocean Color (OC) Regional Data

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