Current state and future prospect of technology development in satellite application

Abstract

Korea developed several satellites through government-led satellite development projects, and now operates earth observation satellites of various sensors, science and technology satellites, and communication satellites. Satellites can be utilized in many fields, and Satellite Information, Global Navigation Satellite System, Satellite Communications and Broadcasting, Space Solar Power System are typical application fields. Now that we have developed and operated several satellites, we have to concentrate more efforts on satellite application. In this paper, we reviewed the current states of the technologies of four satellite application fields mentioned above and analyzed the future prospects of them.