• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.41-48
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• 2008

One of main functions of the firing control system applied to a rocket propulsion test has been to provide electric current for ignition of a solid rocket motor. This paper describes the design and implementation of an enhanced firing control system for ground propulsion test that can also control and verify various types of squib events and flight sequences.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.921-924
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• 2010

정지궤도 위성을 제외한 대부분의 저궤도 위성 및 심우주 관측용 위성은 임무를 수행하면서 하루동안에도 제한된 시간동안만 지상국과의 통신이 가능하다. 따라서 위성 운영에 고수준의 자율적 제어기능이 요구된다. OBCP(On-Board Control Procedures)는 별도로 개발된 언어로 작성한 작은 용량의 스크립트 프로그램을 통해 위성을 제어하는 기능을 제공한다. 이러한 방법을 통해 지상관제 시에 위성의 임무수행동안 수행되어야 하는 다양하고 복잡한 운영 시퀀스를 용이하게 준비하고 업로드할 수 있다. OBCP는 위성비행소프트웨어와는 분리된 별도의 서브시스템으로 수행되기 때문에 새로운 위성운영 프로시져의 생성을 위해 위성비행소프트웨어의 수정, 재검증, 코드업로드 등의 절차가 요구되지 않으며 지상에서 개발 및 검증시험을 완벽하게 수행할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 저궤도 관측위성에서 사용되었던 위성의 자율적 제어 시퀀스 기능과 OBCP의 기능을 비교하여 설명하고, 실제 Herschel and Plank 위성에 활용된 예를 통해 OBCP의 개념 및 설계 방안에 대하여 소개한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.290-292
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• 2015

인공위성을 제어하기 위한 원격명령에는 실시간 명령과 저장명령으로 구분할 수 있다. 실시간 명령은 위성에서 명령을 수신하고 바로 수행하는 명령을 말하고, 저장명령은 특정한 시간에 수행하는 절대시간 명령과 정해진 시간간격에 따라 일련의 명령들을 수행하는 상대시간 명령으로 구분할 수 있다. 상대시간 명령은 위성 운영 시 필요한 명령들을 위성에 업로드 하여 사용할 수도 있지만, 위성 발사 전에 정해진 명령 시퀀스는 위성 비행소프트웨어에 포함하여 비휘발성 메모리에 저장하여 사용한다. 명령시퀀스는 정해진 포맷에 따라 DB 파일로 정리되는데, 위성 비행소프트웨어에 포함하기 위한 헤더 생성프로그램이 필요하다. 본 논문은 위성 원격명령 처리방식에 대해서 소개하고, 저장명령 데이터 파일을 이용하여 위성에 저장하기 위한 헤더파일을 자동 생성하는 프로그램에 대해서 기술한 것이다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.39C no.1
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• pp.47-59
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• 2014

This paper deals with a vision-based trajectory tracking control system for a quadrotor-type UAV for entertainment purpose in indoor environment. In contrast to outdoor flights that emphasize the autonomy to complete special missions such as aerial photographs and reconnaissance, indoor flights for entertainment require trajectory following and hovering skills especially in precision and stability of performance. This paper proposes a trajectory tracking control system consisting of a motion generation module, a pose estimation module, and a trajectory tracking module. The motion generation module generates a sequence of motions that are specified by 3-D locations at each sampling time. In the pose estimation module, 3-D position and orientation information of a quadrotor is estimated by recognizing a circular ring pattern installed on the vehicle. The trajectory tracking module controls the 3-D position of a quadrotor in real time using the information from the motion generation module and pose estimation module. The proposed system is tested through several experiments in view of one-point, multi-points, and trajectory tracking control.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.153.2-153.2
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• 2012

발사체 추진기관은 추진제 및 각종 고압가스류를 엔진으로 공급하는 기능, 지상에서 추진제를 발사체로 충전/배출하는 기능, 저온 산화제를 냉각하기 위한 순환 기능, 추진제 탱크를 가압하는 기능, 지상에서 온보드 밸브를 구동하는 기능, 내부 공간 및 라인 퍼지 기능 등을 수행한다. 이와 같은 기능을 수행하기 위해 발사체에는 타 시스템과는 별도로 추진기관 원격제어 시스템을 구성한다. 제어 시스템은 크게 온보드 시퀀스 및 추진제 탱크 압력 제어, 추진제 및 고압가스 충전/배출 제어, 발사체 기능 확인, 내부 기밀 확인 및 발사 직전까지의 상태 모니터링을 위해 구성한 지상측정시스템(GMS), 비행 중 추진기관 상태를 모니터링하기 위한 텔레메트리시스템(TMS)으로 분류한다. 본 논문에서는 일반적인 발사체 추진기관 운용 및 제어 개념을 제어 기능, 시스템 구성, 작동 원리의 단계로 사례와 함께 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.7
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• pp.83-90
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• 2004

This paper describes on-board decentralized data acquisition system that acquires and encodes the numerous sensor data distributed on the big flight vehicles efficiently. The system's sub-units which have one encoder unit and several remote units were designed and simulated according to the communication protocols and the control, sequence logics based on the FPGA chip. And we have made the functional verification of the acquisition, collection and formatting of remote analog and digital data for the manufactured hardwares.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.108-115
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• 2015

Multilateration systems are used to provide the position of aircraft in flight or on airport runways. In the multilateration systems, the interrogator is an important transmitter that used to interrogate the airplanes with appropriately scenario in surveillance airspace. Whisper-Shout interrogation sequence, which is one of the key functions of the interrogator, can control airport traffic density when intruder airplanes are coming into the surveillance airspace. Therefore collision chance between airplanes could be reduced and also get highly accurate location of incoming airplane in multilateration systems. In this paper, we developed the interrogator that allows it to transmit Mode A/C and Mode S interrogations which is similar to existing secondary surveillance radar. With appropriately controlled Whisper-Shout sequence in the interrogator, the multilateration systems can avoid synchronous garbling and FRUIT phenomenons caused by receiving multiple responses from a number of airplanes.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.135-144
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• 2012

The NARO is South Korea's first carrier launch vehicle, which made its flights from NARO Space Center on 25 August 2009 and 10 June 2010. LV PACS(Preparation Automated Control System) is a electrical ground support system to monitor and control the integrated launch vehicle during the launch preparation and operation in Launch Complex. As a subsystem of LV PACS, LV PACS-II was developed for launch preparation and operation of the NARO upper stage, and all the functions and requirements were verified successfully through NARO flight tests. In this paper the core technology and characteristics applied to LV PACS-II are described.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.131-138
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• 2013

The precision aerial application of small farms, such as paddy, upland and orchard fields using agricultural unmanned helicopters became a new paradigm. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of a GPS module and algorithm, controlling drift of agricultural helicopter by the crosswind and maintaining the position for emergency landing. Purpose of the drift control, of which an algorithm works while hovering is related with the emergency sequence that coping with abnormal conditions of rotorcraft system. However, the inertial attitude control cannot detect a drifting motion of fuselage moving at the constant velocity, thus the crosswind takes the helicopter away from the landing position. Performance of the drift control module, based on the GPS that a hovering position did not deviate within 5m in diameter, were tested and evaluated. Initially, the reaction against a disturbing gust wind was sensitive, soon the helicopter maintained its locking position and azimuth within 5m in diameter. It was, however, difficult for the helicopter to recognize the swaying and nodding, the some deviation was expected due to the discrepancy characteristics of the GPS signal. The performance of the drift control proved the effectiveness of the module to maintain the position against an unintended drift during the emergency landing or hovering.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.140-152
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• 2003

Scenario is a guiding principle of launch operation and control for rocket and ground support system. Therefore, developing a scenario is the first step to prepare for rocket launch, which is a critical task for success of KSR-III flight test. The launch scenario for KSR-III flight test is a procedural sequence of command and control signals to be given to rocket and ground support systems. In this paper, the UML object modeling method is applied to development of a launch scenario. First, the subsystems of the launch system are modeled by objects, and then the interfaces between each two subsystems are modeled by association links. The finally obtained object diagram of KSR-III launch system is used to analyzing flow of data and commands and control signals, and interactions. The scenario includes the sequences of pre-launch/launch operations and emergency operations.