• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.96-101
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• 2003

Korea Sounding Rocket(KSR)-III onboard telemetry system has acquired various data from subsystems and sensors in the rocket, and radiated PCM/FM data using two S-band antennas during the flight. Simultaneously， it is necessary that the ground receiving systems track the rocket, and receive and decode telemetry data. Also post processed telemetry data are needed to be broadcasted on ethernet network in real time. Range safety display system displays flight trajectory using telemetry data in mission control center, and so flight manager makes a decision for flight termination from the trajectory This paper describes operating technique about telemetry reception, the development for the realtime data processing system, and the results for telemetering reception on fight test. We telemetered, processed, and broadcasted numerous telemetry data during the flight test successfully.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.67-74
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• 2001

Based on the national space development project, the necessity of developing liquid propellant rocket engine is revealed to secure the basic technology for the development of individual artificial-satellite launcher. Consequently, KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) is developing a liquid propellant rocket engine for the KSR-III. Currently, a prototype engine using kerosene/LOx which produces 13-ton thrust is designed, fabricated and tested. In this paper, test procedure and technique for liquid propellant rocket engine are introduced with the analysis of static and dynamic test data.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.45-52
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• 2002

This article deals with the introduction of longitudinal instability of liquid rocket (pogo) and the analytical results on the frequency responses of Korean Sounding Rocket (KSR-III) propulsion feeding system. Both the stiffness of bellows and the cavitation volume of venturi affect the frequency response of the feeding system. Especially, bellows has a great roll to reduce the natural frequency of the feeding system. Also, oxidizer and fuel feeding systems of the KSR-III have natural frequencies of about 280Hz and 90Hz, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.6-6
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• 2000

국가우주개발 중장기 계획에 의거, 독자 인공위성 발사체 개발에 필요한 필수기술을 확보하기 위하여 액체추진제 로켓엔진의 개발에 대한 필요성이 대두되었으며, 이에 따라 한국항공우주연구소는 과학로켓 3호(KSR-III)에 적용하기 위한 액체추진기관을 개발하고 있다. 이러한 목적으로 kerosine/LOx를 사용하며 13톤급의 추력을 낼 수 있는 시제엔진이 설계, 제작되었으며 이 엔진에 대한 연소시험이 실시되었다. 본 연구에서는 액체추진기관 시험을 위한 일련의 진행사항, 시험방법을 소개하며, 시험을 통하여 획득한 정특성 자료 및 동특성 자료에 대하여 분석하였다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.80-87
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• 2004

To understand the each performance parameter correlation of flight type liquid-propellant rocket engine for KSR-III(Korea Sounding Rocket-III), the analysis of engine stand-alone combustion test results was carried out. Considering the variation of ablative material combustion chamber caused by erosion, linear regression analysis that ignores oxidizer/fuel ratio effect and two-variable 2nd-order polynomial regression analysis that considers oxidizer/fuel ratio change were performed. It can be described that linear regression analysis is simple and very practical method, and can predict the performance within 1% error inside analyzed region. And two-variable 2nd-order polynomial regression analysis can predict with very high accuracy inside region and shows that KSR-III engine's optimum oxidizer/fuel ratio for thrust(or specific impulse) is 2.22 and that for combustion chamber pressure(or characteristic velocity) is 2.17.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.90-90
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• 2003

한국항공우주연구원은 액체추진기관 시스템을 이용한 3단형과학로켓(이하 KSR-III)을 국내 최초로 개발하여 비행시험을 수행하였다. 액체추진기관 로켓의 비행시험을 위해서는 이전의 고체 추진기관을 이용한 과학로켓 1, 2와는 달리 비행시험 조건에 부합하게 액체추진제 및 가압제 등을 공급하는 지상설비가 필요하다. 이에 한국항공우주연구원은 독자적으로 비행시험에 필요한 제반 설비를 갖춘 발사장을 구축하였다. KSR-III는 압축 헬륨가스(GHe)를 이용하여 연료(Jet A-1)와 산화제(LOx)를 가압하여 추력을 얻는 액체추진기관 시스템이다. 따라서 발사장에서의 지상공급설비는 유공압 설비와 발사시나리오에 따라 해당 부품을 제어하고 자료를 저장하는 제어/계측 설비 및 기타설비들로 구성되어 있다. 지상공급설비 중 유공압 설비는 LOx의 저장 및 기체 내 산화제 탱크의 충전을 위한 산화제 공급설비, Jet A-1의 저장 및 기체 내 연료 탱크의 충전을 위한 연료 공급 설비, 지상설비용 밸브구동 및 기체 내부 퍼지 등에 필요한 질소($N_2$)를 저장/공급하는 설비, 기체내부 밸브 구동 및 가압제로 사용되는 기체헬륨(He)을 저장/공급하는 설비들로 구성되어 있다. 이러한 구축된 공급설비는 기능시험, 연계시험 등의 각종 입증시험을 통해 그 성능을 검증한 후 단인증모델(SQTM)을 이용하여 발사 시나리오에 따른 추진제 공급능력을 입증한 후 KSR-III의 비행시험을 성공적으로 수행하였다. 수행된 연구결과는 향후 건설되어질 우주센터내의 발사장 기반설비 설계의 기초 자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.43-49
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• 2007

A ground firing test facility for Liquid Rocket Engine(LRE) combustor was built in Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI) in 2001 to support the development of the first Korean LRE for the KSR-III. About 170 tests were conducted up to date since its establishment and in the meantime a considerable improvements were made in the facility capability. This paper describes the outline, conducted tests and operation techniques which have been acquired through the operation of the test facility.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.157-162
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• 2006

A Liquid Rocket Engine(LRE) ground firing test facility was built in Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI) in 2001 to develop the LRE for the first Korean liquid rocket, KSR-III. Around 170 tests were conducted since its establishment until recently by September 2006, and in the meantime, a considerable improvements were made in the capability. This paper describes the outline, conducted tests and operation techniques which have been accumulated through the operation of KARI LRE ground firing test facility.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.157-166
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• 2003

IPPT(Integrated Propulsion Performance Test)s were carried out as a final stage of KSR-III(Korea Sounding Rocket-III) propulsion system development three kinds of engine with different injector faceplate were tested, therefore a engine with composite baffle was certified for a KSR-III launcher. Though a engine with STS baffle which was designed for verification of combustion instability suppression ability was not final design, due to the combustion tests with this engine, it can be described that baffle has capability to suppress combustion instability at ignition and at mainstage in the case of KSR-III combustor.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.14-20
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• 2002

The aerodynamic heating at a nose cone is predicted under the KSR-III flight conditions. An equilibrium reacting gas condition is applied. The parametric study is performed with Mach number of 4.9, 10.2 and 15 and for the following nose shapes of hemisphere, cut cylinder and parabola. AUSMPW+ and shock aligned grid technique are used to provide the best aerodynamic solutions. In addition, the composite material of a nose cone is discussed in the viewpoint of a thermal safety.