South Korea's KASA will launch the CODEX solar coronagraph to the ISS to study the sun's corona.

South Korea's Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) is set to send the Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX), a solar coronagraph developed with NASA, to the International Space Station (ISS). Launched via SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, CODEX will study the sun's corona and solar wind for up to 55 minutes during each 90-minute orbit. This research aims to enhance understanding of solar wind and improve space weather predictions.

November 01, 2024
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