• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.403-416
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• 2009

COMS (Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite) is a geostationary satellite and developed by KARl for communication, ocean and meteorological observations. It will be tested under vacuum and very low temperature conditions in order to verify thermal design of COMS. The test will be performed by using KARI large thermal vacuum chamber, which was developed by KARI, and the COMS will be the first flight satellite tested in this chamber. The purposes of thermal balance test are to correlate analytical model used for design evaluation and predicting temperatures, and to verify and adjust thermal control concept. KARI has plan to use heating plates to simulate space hot condition especially for radiator panels of satellite such as north and south panels. They will be controlled from 90 K to 273 K by circulating GN2 and LN2 alternatively according to the test phases, while the main shroud of the vacuum chamber will be under constant temperature, 90 K, during all thermal balance test. This paper presents thermal modelling including test chamber, heating plates and the satellite without solar array wing and Ka-band reflectors and discusses temperature prediction during thermal balance test.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.109.1-109.1
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• 2007

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.173.2-173.2
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• 2012

위성체가 발사체에 실려 발사될 때에 매우 높은 가속도에 의한 정적, 동적 하중 및 공기의 저항에 의한 하중, 연소 가스 분출시 발생하는 음향에 의한 하중, 발사체로부터 분리될 때 발생하는 충격 하중 등 여러 가지의 극심한 하중을 겪게 된다. 이러한 발사 환경에 대한 안정성을 검토하기 위해 발사체 업체에서 제공하는 매뉴얼 상의 설계 조건을 이용하여 설계하고 해석하여 검증한다. 천리안 위성의 후속 위성으로 해상도 및 채널 성능 향상된 차세대 기상탑재체를 탑재하는 정지궤도 복합위성을 개발 중이다. 임무 수명 기간을 연장할 수 있는 3.5톤급 혹은 그 이상의 플랫폼에 대한 형상 설계를 수행하였고 그 내용을 목적으로 한다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.168.2-168.2
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• 2012

위성체가 발사체에 실려 발사될 때에 매우 높은 가속도에 의한 정적, 동적 하중 및 공기의 저항에 의한 하중, 연소 가스 분출시 발생하는 음향에 의한 하중, 발사체로부터 분리될 때 발생하는 충격 하중 등 여러 가지의 극심한 하중을 겪게 된다. 이러한 발사 환경에 대한 안정성을 검토하기 위해 발사체 업체에서 제공하는 매뉴얼 상의 설계 조건을 이용하여 설계하고 해석하여 검증한다. 천리안 위성의 후속 위성으로, 해상도 및 채널 성능 향상된 차세대 기상탑재체를 탑재하고 현재 개발 중인 정지궤도 복합위성에 대해 발사환경을 고려한 개념 설계 및 초기 해석을 수행하였고, 개발 가능성 분석을 그 목적으로 한다.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.29-35
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• 2007

COMS satellite is a multipurpose satellite in the geostationary orbit, which accommodates multiple payloads of the Ka band Satellite Communication Payload, Meteorological Imager, and Geostationary Ocean Color Imager into a single spacecraft platform. In this paper, Korea's first innovative geostationary Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS) program is introduced which is fully funded by Korean Government. The satellite platform is based on the Astrium EUROSTAR 3000 communication satellite, but creatively combined with MARS Express satellite platform to accommodate three different payloads efficiently for COMS. The goals of the Ka band satellite communication mission are to in-orbit verify the performances of advanced communication technologies and to experiment wide-band multi-media communication service. The Meteorological Imager mission is to continuously extract meteorological products with high resolution and multi-spectral imager, to detect special weather such as storm, flood, yellow sand, and to extract data on long-term change of sea surface temperature and cloud. The Geostationary Ocean Color Imager mission aims at monitoring of marine environments around Korean peninsula, production of fishery information (Chlorophyll, etc.), and monitoring of long-term/short-term change of marine ecosystem. The system design difficulties are in the different kinds of payload mission requirements of communication and remote sensing purposes and how to combine them into one to meet the overall satellite requirements. In this paper, Ka band communication payload system is more highlighted.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.12-18
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• 2012

In this paper, impacts on the COMS MI images during the COMS eclipse period were analyzed and the method to eliminate the contaminated area was investigated. Main effect on the meteorological images during the eclipse is a stripping effect due to a strong stray light. The quantitative analyses were conducted during the COMS In-Orbit-Test period and the impacts of the stray light on the four infrared channels of the COMS MI according to the distance with respect to the Sun were examined. Based on the typical case of the stray light influence on the infrared channel of the MI, the intensity of contamination due to the stray light was investigated for each channel using the computed COMS eclipse information. The effectiveness of removal of a contaminated area by replacing the SWIR with the combined WINDOW channels was promising.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.119-125
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• 2006

The first GEO satellite, COMS(Communication. Ocean & Meteorological Satellite) developed by Korean participants is a multi-functional satellite accommodating two observation payloads and a communication payload. Because of the inherent requirements given by these payloads, the physical layout of the instruments and sensors and of their electronics packages is critical to mission success. This technical paper presents an overview of the mechanical system design during the preliminary design phase and describes the design consideration to achieve the optimized performance.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.68-68
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• 2004

국가 우주개발 중장기 계획에 따르면 2003년부터 2015년 까지 다목적실용위성 7기, 과학위성 4기, 통신해양기상위성을 포함한 정지궤도 위성 4기 등 총 15기의 위성 개발 계획을 갖고 있다. 이러한 위성들은 지구의 대기, 해양, 기상 등을 관측하고, 우주환경의 측정 및 각종 실험 등을 수행하며, 안정적인 통신 방송 서비스를 제공하는 역할을 하게 될 것이다. 특히 다목적실용위성의 경우, 위성체의 눈 역할을 하는 위성탑재체인 고해상도 과학관측카메라를 탑재하고 있는데, 현재까지는 외국과의 기술협력을 통해 자립개발을 꾀하고 있다. (중략)

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.55-55
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• 2005

• The Magazine of the IEIE
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.72-77
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• 2015