South Korea launches new weather satellite Chollian-2A

Arirang News 2018-12-05

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South Korea has launched another satellite into orbit,... this time,... a stationary meterological satellite.
Seoul's Ministry of Science of ICT confirmed the launch took place at 5:40AM Korea time from a space center in French Guiana.
The Chollian 2A was on board the Ariane 5 rocket,... in a dual passenger launch,... which included an Indian satellite.
A signal has been received confirming the launch was successful.
The Chollian 2A will send high-res pictures of weather front developments and the Earth's surface to local researchers every ten minutes.

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