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Analysis of Cubesat Development Status in Korea

한국의 큐브위성 개발 현황 분석

  • Received : 2017.09.04
  • Accepted : 2017.10.27
  • Published : 2017.11.01
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Abstract

Since 2000, about 750 cubesats have been launched as of August 2017 and development and the launch of cubesat increased exponentially. Since standard of cubesat has been proposed in 1999, cubesats have grown considerably beyond the scope of education and technology verification to commercial use in the area of space exploration and earth observation, and the variety of cubesat mission and type has increased recently. In Korea, some universities and individuals have independently developed cubesats since 2000, and cubesat contests which were organized by KARI and sponsored by Ministry of Science and ICT from 2012 highly contributed to cubesat development in Korea. In addition, domestic institutes such as KARI, KASI started to develop cubesats for space science and exploration mission. Nineteen cubesats have been progressed or completed in development until now. In this paper, we present the technical trend and describe all cubesats in Korea.

2000년 이후로 발사된 큐브위성의 수는 약 750기(2017년 8월 기준)로 큐브위성의 제작과 발사가 급증하였다. 1999년 큐브위성의 규격이 발표된 이래로, 큐브위성은 단순한 교육 및 기술 검증 목적을 넘어 우주탐사나 지구관측 등 상업용으로 사용될 만큼 괄목할 만한 성장을 이뤘으며, 최근에는 그 형태나 임무의 다양성이 더욱 증가되고 있다. 국내에서는 2000년 부터 일부 대학교 및 개인이 독자적으로 큐브위성 제작을 수행하였고, 2012년 들어 과학기술정보통신부 주최, 한국항공우주연구원 주관으로 큐브위성 경연대회를 개최하면서 큐브위성 개발을 본격화하였다. 또한, 한국항공우주연구원, 한국천문연구원 등 국내 연구소에서도 우주과학 및 우주탐사에 활용하기 위해 큐브위성 제작을 시작하였다. 국내에서 2017년 8월 현재까지 제작완료하거나 제작중인 큐브위성은 총 19기이며, 본 논문에서는 큐브위성의 기술동향과 국내에서 현재까지 제작된 큐브위성에 대해 자세히 살펴본다.

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