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Statistical Uncertainty Analysis of Thermal Mass Method for Residual Propellant Estimation

잔여추진제 추정을 위한 열질량법의 통계적 불확실성 분석

  • Received : 2015.08.10
  • Accepted : 2015.10.26
  • Published : 2015.12.01

Abstract

The lifetime of a geostationary satellite depends on the residual propellant amount and therefore the precise residual propellant gauging is very important for the mitigation of economic loss arised from premature removal of satellite from its orbit, satellites replacement planning, slot management and so on. In this paper, the thermal mass method and its uncertainty are described. The residual propellant analysis of a geostationary satellite is simulated based on the KOREASAT data and the uncertainty of thermal mass method is calculated by using the Monte Carlo method. The results of this study show the importance parameter of estimation residual propellant using the thermal mass method.

정지궤도위성의 수명은 추진제 잔여량에 좌우되고 정확한 잔여추진제량 측정은 조기 수명종료로 야기되는 경제적 손실을 완화시킬 뿐만 아니라 후속위성의 대체나 위성망 운용계획 등에 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 열질량법과 그 불확실성 추정방법에 대한 기본이론에 대해 소개한다. 열질량법 잔여추진제 분석은 무궁화위성 데이터를 기초로 분석하였고 이러한 열질량법 불확실성 분석은 몬테카를로 방법을 사용하여 수행하였다. 이러한 연구 결과를 통해 열질량법을 사용한 잔여추진제 추정의 중요 파라미터를 알 수 있다.

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