Paving the way for concrete cooperation with the signing of a cooperation MOU for East Asia VLBI Network (EAVN)
The National Geographic Information Institute (NGII, Director Sangong Ho-sang) of The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) announced the signing of an MOU for joint operation and technical cooperation of East Asia VLBI Network (EAVN) with 7 agencies from 3 East Asian countries.
EAVN is a network of 22 space radio telescopes in four countries, including Korea (its range is about 10,000 km). It is an observation network comparable to the US Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), which is the world-best space radio observation network, and Europe EVN (Europe VLBI Network) in performance.
It is expected that this MOU will enable the researchers, both domestic and overseas, to use NGII's It is expected that this MOU will enable the researchers, both domestic and overseas, to use NGII's space radio telescope free of charge.
In addition, as it has the world-best precision and resolution, the space radio telescope will be used in a wide range of research such as tracking the location of a space probe, geodetic survey, and astronomy.
In particular, for the researchers in East Asia, including Korea, this MOU will increase their accessibility to a space radio observation network, which has so far been limited to the United States and Europe.
Those who wish to use of the space radio telescope can download and fill out the observation proposal form from the EAVN website . The EAVN Operational Board of Directors will review the application and notify the applicant of the final result.
NGII plans to expand support for private research in an attempt to enhance the usability of the geodetic survey infrastructure (gravity, geomagnetism, etc.) and the data that it retains.
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