• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.32-38
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• 2007

인공위성 열제어계는 위성의 운용기간 중에 열적 안정성 확보를 목적으로 열설계, 열해석, 필요 하드웨어 선정 및 지상검증시험, 발사후 운용지원을 수행하게 된다. 열제어계는 다른 위성 부분체와는 달리 시스템적인 성격을 가지고 있으며, 위성의 운용궤도 등에 따라서 개발 방향이 달라지게 된다. 특히 위성의 고성능화 및 열적안정성 요구조건의 증대로 인하여 열제어계의 역할이 더욱 커져가고 있다. 본 기술동향에서는 열제어계 설계요건, 적용 목적에 따른 기법, 향후 활용 기술 등의 관점에서 인공위성 열제어계의 개발 동향을 살펴보고자 한다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.129-132
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• 2005

This paper describes BAUSAT-2 orbital thermal analysis and preliminary design of thermal control subsystem. To design thermal control subsystem of HAUSAT-2, we have considered active & passive thermal control method based on basic theory and themal equilibrium equation. Using this result, suitable thermal control method and material have been selected. We have designed thermal control subsystem based on analysis of HAUSAT-2's thermal environments on sun synchronous orbit with altitude 650km, inclination $98^{\circ}$ and thermal distribution and range expectation of each HAUSAT-2's surface. Thermal analysis consists of system level, box level and board level analysis. We have completed system level and box level analysis. Till now, board level analysis of main heat dissipation board in progress. Thermal control subsystem has designed according to thermal analysis result. This design is to maintain all of the HAUSAT-2 components within the allowable temperature limits. In future, STM

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.1232-1239
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• 2010

A high-resolution electro-optical camera (EOS-C Ver.3.0), the mission payload of an Earth observation satellite, is under development in Satrec Initiative. We designed this system to give improved thermal performance compared with the EOS-C Ver.2.0 which is the main payload of DubaiSat-1 by optimizing the active and passive thermal control design. We developed the Structural-Thermal Model (STM) and verified the design margin by performing the qualification level thermal vacuum test. We also conducted the verification of its Thermal Mathematical Model (TMM) through the thermal balance test. As a result, it was confirmed that TMM faithfully represents the thermal characteristics of the EOS-C Ver.3.0.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.11
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• pp.921-930
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• 2013

Satrec Initiative successfully developed and verified a high-resolution electro-optical camera system, EOS-D Ver.1.0. We designed this system to give improved spatial and radiometric resolution compared with EOS-C series systems. The thermal control subsystem (TCS) of the EOS-D Ver.1.0 uses heaters to meet the opto-mechanical requirements during in-orbit operation and uses different thermal coatings and multi-layer insulation (MLI) blankets to minimize the heater power consumption. Also, we designed and verified a refocusing mechanism to compensate the misalignment caused by moisture desorption from the metering structure. We verified the design margin and workmanship by conducting the qualification level thermal vacuum test. We also performed the verification of thermal math model (TMM) by comparing with thermal balance test results. As a result, we concluded that it faithfully represents the thermal characteristics of the EOS-D Ver.1.0.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.36 no.12
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• pp.1222-1228
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• 2008

A small satellite, DubaiSat-1 FM(Flight Model), which is based on SI-200 standard bus platform and scheduled to be launched in 2008, is being developed by Satrec Initiative and EIAST(Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology). The TCS(Thermal Control Subsystem) of DubaiSat-1 FM has been designed to mainly utilize passive thermal control in order to minimize power consumption, but the active control method using heaters has been applied to some critical parts. Also, thermal analysis has been performed for DubaiSat-1's mission orbit using a thermal analysis model. The thermal design is modified and optimized to satisfy the design temperature requirements for all parts according to the analysis result. The thermal control performance of DubaiSat-1 FM is verified by thermal vacuum space simulation, consisting of thermal cycling and thermal balance test. Also, to validate the thermal modeling of DubaiSat-1 FM, comparison of test results with analysis has been performed and model calibration has been completed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.8
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• pp.798-804
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• 2009

A high-resolution electro-optical camera system, EOS-C, is under development in Satrec Initiative. This system is the mission payload of a 400-kg Earth observation satellite. We designed this system to give improved opto-mechanical and thermal performance compared with a similar camera system to be flown on the DubaiSat-1 system. The thermal control subsystem (TCS) of the EOS-C system uses heaters to meet the opto-mechanical requirements during in-orbit operation and it uses different thermal coating materials and multi-layer insulation (MLI) blankets to minimize the heater power consumption. We performed its thermal analysis for the mission orbit using a thermal analysis model and the result shows that its TCS satisfies the design requirements.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.120.1-120.1
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• 2013

우주 궤도환경은 $10^{-5}$ torr 이하의 고진공 및 $100^{\circ}C$의 고온과 $150^{\circ}C$이하의 극저온 환경으로 특징지어지며, 위성체 및 위성체 부품은 이와 같은 우주 궤도환경에서의 성능검증이 필수적이다. 지상에서 이와 같은 환경을 모사하기 위해서는 열진공챔버가 사용되며, 열진공 챔버는 진공배기계와 열제어 시스템으로 구성된다. 특히 위성체 또는 위성부품의 열환경을 모사하기 위해 기체 질소를 이용한 폐회로 열제어 시스템이 사용된다. 폐회로 열제어 시스템은 슈라우드, 극저온 블로워, 히터 등으로 구성이 된다. 열제어 시스템의 신뢰성을 높이기 위해서는 핵심 부품인 극저온 블로워의 이중화가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 위성체 및 위성체 부품의 열진공 시험에 사용되는 열진공 챔버 열제어 시스템의 핵심인 극저온 블로워의 이중화를 위한 기구 설계 및 제어로직 설계 등이 포함되어 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.70-79
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• 2016

Satrec Initiative successfully developed a high-resolution electro-optical camera system, EOS-D Ver.1.0. EOS-D Ver.1.0 is the main payload of DubaiSat-2 and Deimos-2, which are developed based on the SI-300 platform of Satrec Initiative. After the launch and early operation (LEOP) of DubaiSat-2 and Deimos-2, we performed refocusing for the telescope of EOS-D Ver.1.0 to compensate for the dimensional change of its metering structure by moisture out-gassing. Before and after refocusing, we conducted the performance evaluation of thermal control system(TCS) for EOS-D Ver.1.0 using the in-orbit telemetry data. The evaluation showed EOS-D Ver.1.0 was under well-controlled thermal environment, which demonstrates TCS was designed and developed to meet all requirements.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.9
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• pp.814-821
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• 2015

The STEP Cube Lab. classified as a pico-class satellite has been successfully developed as a flight model(FM) to be launched in 2015. Its mission objective is to perform the on-orbit verification of fundamental space core-technologies. In this study, a thermal design concept based on the passive method to achieve the mission objective is introduced. The effectiveness of the thermal design and performance of the satellite has been verified through the acceptance level thermal vacuum test. In addition, to improve the reliability of thermal mathematical model, correlation was performed using the results of thermal balance test. This paper describes a series of process for the thermal vacuum test on the STEP Cube Lab. FM.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.103-108
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• 2004

The space environment is characterized such a severe condition as high vacuum and very low temperature. Since a satellite will be exposed such a space environment as soon as it goes into the its orbit, thermal vacuum test should be carried out to verify the performance of the satellite on the ground under the space environmental conditions. KARI has a thermal vacuum chamber with useful dimensions of ∮3.6m×L3m, in which KOMPSAT-1 and KOMPSAT-2 satellites were tested. But very large thermal vacuum chamber with useful dimensions of ∮8m×L10m has been needed to meet the future demand of large satellites. Generally, the thermal vacuum chamber can be divided into a vacuum system and a thermal system. Especially, a cryogenic system in the thermal system simulates very low temperature of -196℃ under the high vacuum condition. In this paper, we propose the new cryogenic system can be applied to the future large thermal vacuum chamber.