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Korea Meteorological Administration

Korea Meteorological Administration is South Korea's national meteorological agency and a satellite-meteorology data provider. Its relevant Earth-observation role is reception, processing, production, and dissemination of GEO-KOMPSAT-2A meteorological satellite data rather than spacecraft manufacture.^[1]^[2] GEO-KOMPSAT-2A launched on 2018-12-05, observes with 16 channels, and produces 52 meteorological products.^[2] Dissemination routes include UHRIT, HRIT, LRIT, web services, Open API, FTP, and DCPC access planning, making KMA relevant to users of Korean geostationary weather products and distribution services.^[2]

Operates

GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK2A)Operational
Launched 2018-12-04 / Geostationary orbit, 35786 km altitude, 128.2 deg E longitude

Manufactures

Advanced Meteorological Imager (AMI)TIR
470-13287 nm / 16 bands / Operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator

Sources

[1]Korea Meteorological Administration home pageagency doc2026-06-26
[2]NMSC GEO-KOMPSAT-2A introductionagency doc2026-06-26

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:kma,
  title = {Korea Meteorological Administration},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/kma}
}