• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.46.4-47
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• 2009

인공위성은 지상에서 설계 제작된 후에 발사체에 탑재되어 궤도에 진입되어 위성에 부여된 고유임무를 수행하게 된다. 위성체가 임무를 수행하는 우주공간은 고진공 환경과 태양 복사열에 의한 고온 환경 및 극저온이 반복되는 가혹한 환경으로 특징지어진다. 때때로 위성체는 이러한 가혹한 우주환경의 영향으로 인해 주요 부품의 기능장애가 초래되기도 하며 이는 결국 임무의 실패로 이어지도 한다. 따라서 고진공과 극저온 환경으로 일컬어지는 우주환경을 지상에서 모사하여 위성체의 안정성 및 신뢰성을 시험하기 위해서 열진공 시험장비를 이용한 열진공시험을 수행한다. 한국항공우주연구원에서는 인공위성의 탑재체인 광학카메라의 국산화 개발을 위하여 우주공간의 고진공과 극저온 상태를 모사할 수 있는 $\varphi4m\timesL10m$ 규모의 광학탑재체 전용 열진공챔버를 국산화 제작하였다. 관측 위성용 광학카메라는 초고정밀 장비로서, 이를 테스트하기 위한 광학탑재체용 진공챔버는 특히 진동환경에 매우 민감한 하여 10-7 grms 이하의 진동레벨을 허용하고 있다. 그러나 진공용기는 지진 및 외부 환경으로부터의 시스템외부진동과 진공펌프 및 기타 장비들로부터의 내부 진동환경에 항상 노출되어 있으며, 가진 주파수가 구조물 자체의 고유진동수와 일치될 경우 공진이 발생하여 시스템에 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있으므로, 외부 진동 및 챔버 자체 진동이 광학계에 전달되지 않도록 진동차단장치가 필요하다. 이 논문에서는 광학탑재체 궤도환경시험용 챔버에 대한 진동차단장치의 개발 및 활용 예를 논의하고자 한다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.66-66
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• 2003

우주 공간이라는 극한 상황에서 운용되는 인공위성을 개발하기 위해서는 실제 제작 공간인 지상에서 가능한 모든 우주 공간에서의 위험을 예측하여 원하지 않는 재난을 방지할 수 있는 설계를 수행함이 요망된다. 위성의 기동 및 자세 제어에 사용되는 하이 드라진 추진시스템의 경우 예상되는 가장 큰 재난은 추진제의 동결로 인한 추진시스템의 작동 불능이다. 본 연구에서는 추진시스템의 안정적 작동을 위해 요구되는 추진제의 동결 방지를 위해 사용되는 히터 사양을 결정하며 이를 위해 위성 추진시스템의 열ㆍ수학적 모델을 개발한다. 개발된 열ㆍ수학적 모델의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 수치적으로 계산된 결과를 열진공 시험의 결과와 비교 연구한다 이론적 해석 모델과 열진공 시험조건 사이의 다소의 불일치성에도 불구하고 두 결과는 정성적으로 잘 부합된다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 위성 추진시스템의 히터가 적절히 설계되었으며 개발된 열ㆍ수학적 모델은 인공위성 추진시스템의 주요한 설계 수단으로 사용될 수 있음을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.22.1-22.1
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• 2005

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.11
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• pp.1008-1015
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• 2015

Thermal vacuum test should be performed prior to launch to verify satellites' functionality in extremely cold/hot temperatures and vacuum conditions. A thermal vacuum chamber used to perform the thermal vacuum tests of a satellite system and its components. A cryogenic blower is a core component of the gaseous nitrogen (GN2) closed loop thermal control system for thermal vacuum chambers. A final goal of this research is development of cryogenic blower. Design requirements of a blower are 150 CFM flow rate, 0.5 bara pressure difference, hot and cold temperatures. This paper describes the performance analysis of impeller by 1D, CFD commercial software, the design of the thermal protection interface between the driving part and the fluid part. The performance of the cryogenic blower is confirmed by test at the standard air condition and is verified by on the thermal vacuum chamber at the real operating condition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2007.08a
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• pp.127-127
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• 2007

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.353-362
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• 2007

Unlike large satellites, small satellites, such as nanosatellite and microsatellite, can provide a limited interior space for components mounting. In order to mitigate this issue, the compact Bus Electronic Unit(BEU) that integrates satellite electronic modules, combining most of bus subsystems and payload electronic modules into one unit, has been developed for HAUSAT-2 nanosatellite. This paper addresses the design and environmental test result analyses of BEU. The vibration and thermal vacuum tests were conducted at qualification level for the verification of design margin of newly developed BEU. The performance of individual electronic subsystem modules has been verified through performance tests before and after the qualification tests. It was confirmed that the natural frequency of BEU satisfies the design stiffness requirement without structural damage in the vibration test. Thermal analysis results were also almost consistent with test results through modified thermal analysis modeling.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.11
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• pp.919-931
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• 2021

In the recent New Space era, Nanosatellites are being used to carry out space business and practical missions by private space companies, government agencies and military reconnaissance organizations, away from satellite system education tools. In Korea, the development of nanosatellite satellites, which started with universities at the center, is gradually being attempted by various subjects, including private industries. However, it is not easy to find relevant information to share the experience and prepare for the space environment test, test results, and the various problems that may arise in the process, which can increase the chances of mission success for nanosatellites. In this paper, we expect that the subjects who want to develop the nanosatellite(SNIPE) will be used as useful references for reducing trial and error and increasing the possibility of mission success by organizing the 6U-class space environment test, test process, test results and problems.

• 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.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.101-110
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• 2004

Flight and Qualification Models of Single Board Computer (SBC), called On-Board Computer (OBC), for HAUSAT-l picosatellite, which is scheduled to launch on September, 2004 by Russian "Dnepr" launch vehicle, have been developed. The OBC of HAUSAT-1 has been designed with some improved features compared to other picosatellites. A multifunctional controller and up-to-date SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) and 1-Wire interface are implemented to simplify the harness routing and to minimize the mass and size of OBC. The improved fault-tolerant architecture design methodology is incorporated in the HAUSAT-1 OBC to protect against space radiation environment. The functions of the OBC were fully tested and verified by the Electrical Test Bed (ETB) model. This paper is also addressing the environmental test results, such as random vibration and thermal vacuum tests.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2006.04a
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• pp.88-88
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• 2006