Space program of South Korea

South Korean space agency

South Korean institute of astronomy and space exploration

program that sent first South Korean to space in 2008

The Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet; ) is an ongoing wide-field photometric system that aims to discover extrasolar planets using gravitational microlensing. The system leverages three identical 1.6 m wide-field optical telescopes located at the Cerro-Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile, the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in South Africa, and the Siding Spring Observatory (SSO) in Australia. All three telescopes share a latitude of −30 degrees enabling continuous monitoring of the galactic bulge during 8 months of each year and other targets in the sou

South Korean research center for satellite technology