• Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.373-384
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• 2023

Initiated as Korea's inaugural space exploration endeavor, the lunar exploration development project has resulted not only the Danuri lunar orbiter but also payloads designed to achieve mission objectives and the associated Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) Deep-space Ground System for the operation and control of the Danuri. Scientific data gathered by four scientific payloads, developed by domestic institutions and installed on board the Danuri, will be publicly available starting January 2024. To facilitate this, the first-ever Korean space exploration scientific data management and public release system, KARI Planetary Data System (KPDS), has been developed. This paper provides details on the configuration and functions of the established KPDS website.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.140.2-140.2
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• 2009

• Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.64-75
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• 2021

On the moon as well as the earth, one of the easiest ways to understand geological formation history of any region is to observe the stratigraphy if it is available, the order in which the strata build up. By analyzing stratigraphy, it is possible to infer what geological events have occurred in the past. Mare Nubium also has an unique normal fault called Rupes Recta that shows stratigraphy. However, a rover moving with wheels is incompetent to explore the cliff since the Rupes Recta has an inclination of 10° - 30°. Therefore, a quadruped walking robot must be employed for stable expedition. To exploration a fault with a four-legged walking robot, it is necessary to design an expedition route by taking account of whether the stratigraphy is well displayed, whether the slope of the terrain is moderate, and whether there are obstacles and rough texture in the terrain based on the remote sensing data from the previous lunar missions. For the payloads required for fault surface exploration we propose an optical camera to grasp the actual appearance, a spectrometer to analyze the composition, and a drill to obtain samples that are not exposed outward.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.581-584
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• 2010

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) started preliminary research about the propulsion system for lunar orbiter and moon lander this year in order to prepare korean moon exploration plan of 2020s. The final goal of this study is to develop a prototype propulsion system for lunar exploration and to perform ground landing test using this propulsion system. In this year, preliminary design of propulsion system and 200N class monopropellant thruster have been conducted. In this paper, the trade-off study result and the design concept of the propulsion system for Korean moon exploration will be introduced and preliminary design of propulsion system will be presented.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.225.2-225.2
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• 2012

저궤도 관측용 다중 카메라를 통해 고해상도 위성을 제공할 수 있으며, 지도 제작이나 환경, 농업, 해양 지역 모니터링 등의 목적으로 사용될 수 있다. 특히 항공촬영 및 지구 관측을 통해 수치표고모델(DEM) 추출을 함으로써 촬영지역의 고도정보를 포함하는 입체영상을 얻는데 유용하다. 또한, 달 관측을 위한 관측위성에 장착할 경우 달 표면의 지형을 정밀하게 얻어내어 달표면 고도 지형 지도제작 및 향후 달 탐사선을 통한 달 탐사 시 탐사지역 선정에 필요한 정보를 제공할 수 있다. 다중 카메라를 포함한 탑재체 시스템은 크게 광학부와 카메라 전자부로 구성된다. 광학부에서는 입체촬영 및 줌인이 가능한 광학계를 제공하며, 카메라 전자부에서는 광학계를 통해 검출기로 입사되는 빛에너지를 전자신호로 변환하고, 이를 카메라 전자부 영상출력 형식으로 변환하게 된다. 특히, 다중카메라를 각각 제어하기 위한 정밀제어로직, 다양한 촬영 지원 모드, 다중카메라 영상자료 및 영상처리를 위한 추가적인 영상정보를 제공한다. 본 논문에서는 저궤도 관측용 다중 카메라를 이용한 다양한 활용에 따른 각 모드별 성능분석방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 각 촬영조건에 따라 필요한 파라미터를 분석하고 실제 활용시 예상되는 성능을 분석해 본다. 또한 다중카메라를 통해 얻어진 영상을 처리하는데 필요한 처리 과정 및 처리된 영상을 활용하는 방법을 제시한다. 특히 다중 카메라 촬영을 통해 얻어진 영상데이터의 특성을 알아보고, 이를 보정 및 처리하기 위해 필요한 추가 적인 정보, 영상파라미터, 처리 단계 및 최종결과물을 검증하는 방법을 제시한다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.125-134
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• 2022

The Global Expansion Roadmap published by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group, which is organized by space agencies around the world, presents future lunar exploration guidance and stresses a lunar habitat program to utilize lunar resources. The Moon attracts attention as an outpost for deep space exploration. Simulating lunar surface environments is required to evaluate the performances of various equipment for future lunar surface missions. In this paper, an experimental study was conducted to simulate high vacuum pressure and cryogenic temperature of the permanent shadow regions in the lunar south pole, which is a promising candidate for landing and outpost construction. The establishment of an efficient dirty thermal vacuum chamber (DTVC) operation process has never been presented. One-dimensional ground cooling tests were conducted with various vacuum pressures with the Korean Lunar Simulant type-1 (KLS-1) in DTVC. The most advantageous vacuum pressure was found to be 30-80 mbar, considering the cooling efficiency and equipment stability. However, peripheral cooling is also required to simulate a cryogenic for not sublimating ice in a high vacuum pressure. In this study, an efficient peripheral cooling operation process was proposed by applying the frost ratio concept.

• The Science & Technology
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• s.477
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• pp.42-44
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• 2009

• The Science & Technology
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• s.477
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• pp.48-51
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• 2009

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.108-116
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• 2009

This paper considers the trajectory design problem for a lunar orbiter when launched by KSLV-II. KSLV-II puts its kick motor stage and lunar orbiter into a low earth orbit, and then the kick motor stage performed the translunar injection. To simulate more realistic situations, TLI (Trans-Lunar Injection) and LOI (Lunar Orbit Injection) maneuvers are modeled as finite burns. The feasibility of the lunar mission by KSLV-II are confirmed by the numerical results that show the reasonable required-velocity and propellant usage.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.51 no.10
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• pp.50-54
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• 2014

Evaluation of the possible or probable effects of environmental conditions which are temperature, radiation, dust as well as other possibilities in terms of meteoroids, seismicity, and no global magnetic field has been carried out for wireless communications on the lunar surface in this paper. The results considered in this paper can be utilized as a basic information on making efficient use of the design for wireless communications system in Korean lunar exploration project.