About KASI
History
2008-
A period of large-scale observational facility development and outstanding outcomes
2018
- East Asian VLBI Network (EAVN) operation started
- Near Infrared Spectroscopic Surveyor (NISS) onboard NEXTSat-1 was launched
2016
- Optical Wide Field Patrol Network (OWL-Net) was commissioned
2015
- Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) was commissioned at three sites in southern hemisphere
- Center for National Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Organization was inaugurated
- Sejong Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) observatory, the first SLR in Korea, was completed
2014
- Participation in Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
- EAO was founded in collaboration with China, Japan, and Taiwan
2013
- MIRIS (Multi-purpose IR Imaging System), the main payload of STSAT-3, was launched
2011
- Operation of Korean Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network(KVN) began
2010
- Astronomy and Space Act was legislated
2009
- Joined in the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) project
- KASI organized United Nations (UN) symposium on Basic Space Science/ International Heliophysical Year (BSS/IHY)
1999–2007
Status: Independent public corporation
2007
- Space Weather Monitoring Lab. (SWML) was opened
2006
- International Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Service Global Data Center (IGS GDC) began operation at KASI
2005
- KAO was renamed to Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)
2003
- Far-ultraviolet IMaging Spectrograph (FIMS), the first Space Telescope in Korea onto Science and Technology Satellite (STSAT-1) was launched
- University of Science and Technology Korea (UST) was jointly founded with other research institutes
2000
- Near Earth Object (NEO) research team was designated as a National Research Laboratory (NRL)
1999
- KAO sponsored International Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium for the first time in Korea (Number 197, Astrochemistry)
1986–1997
Status: Annex Research Institute
1997
- X-ray detector, the first payload for space observation in Korea loaded onto Korea Sounding Rocket II (KSR-II) was launched
1995
- The solar flare telescope (SOFT) was installed at BOAO
1994
- Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory (BOAO) recorded first light
1992
- Global Positioning System (GPS) KASI Observatory was installed in Daejeon
1991
- ISSA was renamed to Korea Astronomy Observatory (KAO
1986
- KNAO was restructured to Institute of Space Science and Astronomy(ISSA)
1974–1985
Status: National Observatory