South Korean military's reconnaissance satellite unit 2 successfully launched!

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Janne Pak
Date
2024-04-09 02:58
(4-9-2024)   by: Janne Pak(White House & State Department & Pentagon & Congress Correspondent)

@The South Korean military's reconnaissance satellite No. 2 is being launched aboard the ‘Falcon 9’ at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on the 8th (Korean time).

The South Korean Ministry of National Defense announced that the South Korean military's second independent reconnaissance satellite successfully landed in orbit on the 8th. Military reconnaissance satellite Unit 2 was launched at 8:17 a.m. (Korean time) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on the 8th (Korean time).

한국 국방부는 한국군의 독자 정찰위성 2호기가 8일 성공적으로 궤도에 안착했다고 발표했다. 군사 정찰위성 2호기는 8일(한국시간) 미국 플로리다주 케네디 스페이스 센터에서 오전 8시 17분(한국시간) 발사됐다.

The launch vehicle was mounted on SpaceX’s ‘Falcon 9’ rocket, like Unit 1, which was launched on December 2 last year. Unit 2, which entered orbit at approximately 9:02 a.m., announced that it had successfully established contact with an overseas ground station at approximately 10:57 a.m.

발사체는 지난해 12월 2일 발사된 1호기와 마찬가지로 스페이스X의 ‘팰컨9’ 로켓에 실렸다. 오전 9시2분쯤 궤도에 정상 진입한 2호기는 10시57분쯤 해외 지상국과 본 교신에 성공했다고 밝혔다.

Unit 2 is equipped with ‘Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)’, unlike Unit 1, which is equipped with electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) imaging equipment. EO equipment can secure clear images because it uses visible light to photograph the ground, but it is difficult to photograph on cloudy days. IR equipment can secure image information using an infrared detection sensor that differentiates depending on temperature differences, making night photography possible.

2호기는 전자광학(EO) 및 적외선(IR) 촬영장비를 탑재한 1호기와는 달리 ‘합성개구레이더(SAR)’를 탑재하고 있다. EO 장비는 가시광선을 활용해 지상을 촬영하기 때문에 선명한 이미지를 확보할 수 있지만, 구름이 많이 낀 날에는 촬영에 어려움이 있다. IR 장비는 온도 차에 따라 구분되는 적외선 검출 센서를 이용해 영상 정보를 확보할 수 있어 야간 촬영이 가능하다.

On the other hand, SAR is a method of creating images by shooting electromagnetic waves at a ground target and synthesizing signal data that is reflected and returned, so it is possible to secure images in all weather, day and night, regardless of weather conditions on the Korean Peninsula, where the weather is cloudy more than 70% of the year. Images created through SAR are black and white. A military official explained, “When professional readers see a white target shaped like a car, they can classify it as ‘a truck of several tons manufactured by a certain company.’”

반면에 SAR은 전자파를 지상 목표물에 쏜 뒤 반사돼 돌아오는 신호 데이터를 합성해 영상을 만드는 방식이어서 연중 70% 이상 날씨가 흐린 한반도 기상 조건과 관계없이 전천후 주야간 영상 확보가 가능하다. SAR을 통해 만들어진 영상은 흑백이다. 군 관계자는 “전문 판독관들이 자동차 모양의 흰 표적물을 보면 ‘어느 회사에서 제조한 몇t 트럭’이라는 식으로 분류할 수 있다”고 설명했다.

As a result, it has the best ability to monitor North Korea. North Korea announced that it will soon launch an additional military reconnaissance satellite, and that it will launch three military reconnaissance satellites this year. It can be predicted that Russia is providing technology support.

이로서 북한을 감시할수 있는 최고의 능력을 보유하게 되었다. 북한은 곧 추가로 군사 정찰위성 2호기를 발사할 것이며, 올해 3개의 군사정찰위성을 발사할 것이라고 선언했다. 러시아가 기술을 지원하고 있는 것을 예측해 볼수 있다.(끝)

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