Korean Met Satellite to Sri Lanka

The Korean government will hand over a satellite reception and analysis ground system for COMS (Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite) to the Meteorological Department on April 5 at 11 am at the department.

The satellite ground system, which is a project under East Asia Climate Partnership, costing two million US dollars was carried out as a grant aid project by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) with technical assistance from the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA).

The system tailored to the needs of Sri Lanka will receive transmissions from COMS satellite, operated by the Korea Meteorological Administration.

Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera and a high level team led by the Korean Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Administrator of the Korea Meteorological Administration will participate.