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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2020.24.7.891

Development of Ground System to Improve Link Reliability of Flight Termination System for Guided Missiles  

Yoon, Dongsik (The 5th R&D Institute, Agency for Defense Development)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering / v.24, no.7, 2020 , pp. 891-897 More about this Journal
Abstract
A flight termination system, which consists of ground and vehicle systems, forcibly terminates flight if it is deemed dangerous. In order to accomplish this, the system should maintain the link reliability above a certain level throughout the whole flight. However, the national proving ground for guided missiles could not fully meet that condition because of the gradually improving performance criteria. In this paper, we have analyzed the link budget for the flight termination system. Furthermore, we have designed and developed an emergency destruction command transmitter system, which is a ground system of the flight termination system, to provide the necessary link margin. Afterwards, we measured the received signal strength at the vehicle system and compared it with that of the existing transmitter system. We hereby confirmed that the link reliability of the flight termination system improved.
Keywords
Flight Termination System; Link Reliability; Link Margin; Link Budget; Received Signal Strength;
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