• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.37 no.5_2
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• pp.1259-1268
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• 2021

The 2nd Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI-II) is the successor to the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI), which employs one near-ultraviolet wavelength (380 nm) and eight visible wavelengths(412, 443, 490, 510, 555, 620, 660, 680 nm) and three near-infrared wavelengths(709, 745, 865 nm) to observe the marine environment in Northeast Asia, including the Korean Peninsula. However, the multispectral radiance image observed at satellite altitude includes both the water-leaving radiance and the atmospheric path radiance. Therefore, the atmospheric correction process to estimate the water-leaving radiance without the path radiance is essential for analyzing the ocean environment. This manuscript describes the GOCI-II standard atmospheric correction algorithm and its initial phase validation. The GOCI-II atmospheric correction method is theoretically based on the previous GOCI atmospheric correction, then partially improved for turbid water with the GOCI-II's two additional bands, i.e., 620 and 709 nm. The match-up showed an acceptable result, with the mean absolute percentage errors are fall within 5% in blue bands. It is supposed that part of the deviation over case-II waters arose from a lack of near-infrared vicarious calibration. We expect the GOCI-II atmospheric correction algorithm to be improved and updated regularly to the GOCI-II data processing system through continuous calibration and validation activities.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.161.1-161.1
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• 2009

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.46.2-46.2
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• 2008

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.109-115
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• 2008

There would be a long-waited launch of a Korean space launch vehicle(KSLV-I) in NARO Space Center which is located in Goheung, Jeol La Nam Do in Korea. Korea would be the nineth country in the world which could launch space launch vehicle itself. The launch of the 2nd technology satellite of 100kg with KSLV-I would give Korean hope and dream. In addition to the traditional space activities of U.S.A. and Russia, Japan launched the lunar satellite, Kaguya in 2007, China launched the lunar satellite, Change and succeeded in space walk and India launched the lunar satellite Chandrayaan in October, 2008. In this paper we study on the trend of domestic and international development of space launch vehicle considering all these space development activities.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.77.1-77.1
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• 2021

한국천문연구원은 천문우주분야의 과학임무 탑재체 개발을 주도적으로 수행해오고 있다. 과학기술위성1호 주탑재체 원자외선영상분광기 FIMS 개발, 과학기술위성3호 주탑재체 다목적적외선영상시스템 MIRIS 개발, 차세대소 형위성1호 주탑재체 근적외선영상분광기 NISS 개발을 수행하였고, 현재는 NASA와 국제협력으로 SPHEREx 우주 망원경을 개발하고 있다. 이러한 개발 과정을 거치면서 주경 20cm 이하의 소형 탑재체 과학임무 한계와 더불어 연구 현장에서 더 큰 우주망원경의 수요가 제기되었고, 현재의 국가우주개발 중장기계획에도 2030년대 한국형 우주망원경을 포함하게 되었다. 이러한 일정에 발맞추어 한국천문연구원은 2030년대 한국형 우주망원경 독자 운영을 대비하기 위해서 2020년 1월부터 주요 사업으로 한국형 우주망원경 개발을 위한 기획연구를 시작하였다. 이 기획연구는 2021년 말까지 2년 동안 수행하고 있으며, 이 기획연구를 통해서 학계의 과학임무 요구사항을 종합 수렴하였고, 관련 컨설팅 업체와 협업하여 사전 기획연구 활동들을 수행하였으며, 향후 우주망원경 개발에 대한 전략을 제안하고 보고서를 마무리하는 단계에 와 있다. 이 발표에서는 이러한 기획연구의 세부 활동을 공유하고 보고하고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.119-130
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• 1999

At present, many ground stations all over the world are using NORAD orbit element data in order to track and communicate with Earth orbiting satellites. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) observes thousands of Earth orbiting objects on daily basis and provides their orbital information via internet. The orbital data provided by NORAD, which is also called two line element (TLE) sets, allows ground stations to predict the time-varying positions of satellites accurately enough to communicate with the satellites. In order to complete the mission of a high resolution remote sensing satellite which requires very high positional determination and control accuracy, however, a mission control and tracking ground station is dedicated for the observation and positional determination of the satellite rather than using NORAD orbital sets. In the case of KITSAT-3, NORAD orbital elements are currently used for image acquisition planning and for the processing of acquired images due to the absence of a dedicated KITSAT-3 tracking ground system. In this paper, we tested and analyzed the accuracy of NORAD orbital elements and the appropriate prediction model to determine how accurately a satellite acquisites an image of the location of interest and how accurately a ground processing system can generate the catalog of the images.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.37 no.5_2
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• pp.1245-1257
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• 2021

GOCI-II, succeeding the mission of GOCI, was launched in February 2020 and has been in regular operation since October 2020. Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) processes and produces in real time Level-1B and 26 Level-2 outputs, which then are provided by Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (KHOA). We introduced current status of regular GOCI-II operation and showed future improvement. Basic GOCI-II products including chlorophyll-a, total suspended materials, and colored dissolved organic matter concentration, are induced by OC4 and YOC algorithms, which were described in detail. For the full disk (FD), imaging schedule was established considering solar zenith angle and sun glint during the in-orbital test, but improved by further considering satellite zenith angle. The number of slots satisfying the condition 'Best Ocean' significantly increased from 15 to 78. GOCI-II calibration requirements were presented based on that by European Space Agency (ESA) and candidate fixed locations for calibrating local observation area were. The quality management of FD uses research ships and overseas bases of KIOST, but it is necessary to establish an international calibration/validation network. These results are expected to enhance the understanding of users for output processing and help establish detailed plans for future quality management tasks.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.64.2-64.2
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• 2011

MIRIS (Multi-purpose InfraRed Imaging System), 다목적 적외선 영상시스템은 한국천문연구원에서 개발하고 있는 과학위성 3호의 주 탑재체이다. MIRIS 우주관측카메라는 한국에서 최초로 발사되는 천문우주관측용 적외선 우주망원경이다. 그 유효 구경은 80mm 이고, 탑재되는 검출기는 Teledyne사의 PICNIC $256{\times}256$ Array 이며, 이 검출기를 적용한 관측 화각(FoV)은 $3.67 deg{\times}3.67 deg$, Pixel Scale은 51.6 arcsec/pixel 이다. MIRIS는 현재 비행모델의 납품을 앞두고 우주환경 시험을 준비 및 진행하고 있으며, 시스템의 최적화 작업을 함께 수행하고 있다. 최근에 과학기술위성 3호의 발사체가 러시아 Dnepr로 결정되면서 시험 조건이 변경된 시험 항목에 대해서 EQM의 Sine진동, 충격 시험이 Qualification level로 진행되었다. 그리고 MIRIS 비행모델의 열진공 환경 시험 및 진동시험에 대한 준비 현황을 보고한다. MIRIS 비행 모델의 환경시험은 실제 위성이 겪는 acceptance level로 진행되며, 모든 시험을 통과하면 최종 납품이 이뤄질 예정이다. 또한 시스템의 최적화를 위해 수행했던 조립의 수정 항목들도 함께 보고한다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.26-42
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• 1996

The CCD Earth Images Experiment(CEIE) is one of the main payload of the KITSAT-1. Since it was launched on Oct. 10, 1992, the CEIE has taken more than 500 images on the Earth surface world-wide so far. An image from the space is very different from a feature on the real Earth surface due to various radiometric and geometric distortions. Preprocessing to remove those distortions has to take place before the images data are processed and analyzed further for various applications. This paper describes the procedure to perform preprocessing including radiometric and geometric correction.e-processing system. The GCP marking using this technique showed a sufficient accuracy for KITSAT1,2 narrow camera images.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.39.1-39.1
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• 2008