- Installation of CODEX on ELC3-3 of the ISS Completed on November 12
- After One Month of Test Operation, CODEX to Conduct Solar Observation Mission For Up to Two Years
The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA), led by Administrator Yoon Youngbin, and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), led by President Park Young-Deuk, announced that the COronal Diagnostic EXperiment (CODEX) was successfully installed on the International Space Station (ISS) on November 12th at around 10:00 AM (Eastern Time, November 11th at around 8:00 PM).
CODEX was installed using the Canadarm, a robotic arm operating on the ISS, on the external platform ELC3-3 (EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) Logistics Carrier), during a period from November 10th to 12th. After installation, power was supplied and communication was successfully established. Following this, after commissioning for a month, CODEX will be operating for a duration of 6 months to a maximum of 2 years.
*ELC: Platforms located on the right and left trusses of the International Space Station (ISS), designed to support external payloads like CODEX.
The CODEX observation data will be received at NASA's White Sands Ground Terminal and transmitted through the Marshall Space Flight Center to the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and KASI's Space Weather Monitoring Lab, where a CODEX data center is established.
NASA and GSFC will operate CODEX, while KASI will collaborate with GSFC to develop observation plans, telemetry monitoring, and data pipelines.
The research team is expected to begin full-scale observation missions starting in January 2025, and based on the observation data, they will precisely analyze the acceleration processes of solar wind and the mechanisms of corona heating.