• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.295-303
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• 2008

Malfunction of satellite launch vehicles with high speed and long range can be a major concern for operations. Flight safety system that monitor the trajectory and identify any failure of the launch vehicles. Tracking filters for the flight safety systems are different from common tracking filters since filter reliability is more emphasized than accuracy. Reliable estimation of instantaneous impact points requires reliable velocity estimates as well as reliable position estimates. A fusion filter for a flight safety system was developed with the tracking sensor models for the Korea Satellite Launch Vehicle I. The fusion filter performances were evaluated by analyzing the trajectory and instantaneous impact point estimates.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.182-188
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• 2013

This paper described flight safety center, flight safety information system(FSIS) and flight safety officer's mission and training in sequence and presented analysis's results and data processed in real-time during KSLV-I 3rd flight test. During flight safety center's operation for the 3rd flight test, monitoring of KSLV-I flight status was normally performed and the algorithms for flight safety calculations including the one for instantaneous impact point computations are also executed normally.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.7
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• pp.91-97
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• 2004

The first Korean liquid propellant rocket KSR-III successfully finished its flight test on Nov. 28, 2002. Herein, we summarize the results of range safety system operation which is employed for the first time in flight tests of rockets developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI). During the flight, safety-critical flight data including instantaneous impact points are monitored in realtime by range safety officers utilizing Range Safety Display Systems. The recorded screen of the display system is presented for the explanation of safety operation. In addition, comparisons are made between onboard navigation system based and radar based results in calculating instantaneous impact points, and also errors from the finally recorded impact point are described.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.280-287
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• 2010

The first Korean satellite launch vehicle, KSLV-I(Korea Space Launch Vehicle-I), was launched for its first flight test on Aug. 25, 2009 from Naro Space Center located in south Jolla province. Because launch vehicles usually fly long range with large amount of propellants aboard, preparation of countermeasures against potential malfunctions during flight is essential in launch operation. In this paper, the flight safety operation, prepared to guarantee flight safety during launch operation of KSLV-I, is presented. Prior to flight test, flight safety analysis is performed to estimate associated risk levels quantitatively, and during flight, flight safety systems are operated to cope with any risky situations. Real-time flight monitoring including computation of instantaneous impact point using tracking data is executed normally and the flight test is completed without activation of flight termination system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.156-165
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• 2009

Threat due to malfunction of space launch vehicles is significant since it is bigger and flights longer range than military missiles or scientific rockets. It is necessary to implement a flight safety system to minimize the possible hazard. Design objective of the tracking filter for the flight safety system is different from conventional tracking filters since estimation reliability is more emphasized than estimation accuracy. In this paper, a fusion tracking filter was implemented for processing multi-sensor data from a space launch vehicle. The filter performance is evaluated by analyzing the error of the estimated position and instantaneous impact point. Also a fault detection algorithm is implemented to guarantee fusion filter's reliability under any sensor failure and verified to maintain stability successfully.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.147-154
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• 2002

This paper describes the devlopment and implementation for the KOMPSAT-1 scheduling & automatic command plan generator(KSCG). Some problems in mission planning and command planning had occurred using the mission & command planning s/w in MAPS(Missin Analysis and Planning Subsystem) during the LEOP(Launch & Early Orbit Phase) & early normal mission phase due to lots of manual input process and non-automatic process. Therefore, the more mission operations for KOMPSAT-1. In order to prevent the development of new one(KSCG) which should reduce the manual process and generate automatically the command plan has been needed. As a result, the mission operations of KOMPSAT-1 has greatly became stable and more effient.