• Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.23-32
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• 2021

The high-level Space Situational Awareness (SSA) objective is to provide to the users dependable, accurate and timely information in order to support risk management on orbit and during re-entry and support safe and secure operation of space assets and related services. Therefore the risk assessment for the re-entry of space objects should be managed nationally. In this research, the Software for Re-Entry Prediction of space objects (SREP) was developed for national SSA system. In particular, the rate of change of the drag coefficient is estimated through a newly proposed Drag Scale Factor Estimation (DSFE), and is used for high-precision orbit propagator (HPOP) up to an altitude of 100 km to predict the re-entry time and position of the space object. The effectiveness of this re-entry prediction is shown through the re-entry time window and ground track of space objects falling in real events, Grace-1, Grace-2, Tiangong-1, and Chang Zheng-5B Rocket body. As a result, through analysis 12 hours before the final re-entry time, it is shown that the re-entry time window and crash time can be accurately predicted with an error of less than 20 minutes.

• Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.25-32
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• 2016

Technical development have broaden human activity ranges and make human possible to defend the disasters which was undependable in the past. However, human's space activity brought a new kind of disaster to human. In the past, natural space objects was the only concern from the space, like the asteroid fallen on Chelyabinsk, Russia. But, nowadays, by the increasing number of the man-made space objects, these space kind of threat have diversified and become very real. So, nationwide safety strategy should be established to protect the people. In this paper, we suggest three points to make the decision for establishing the strategy based on the AHP analysis results.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.461-471
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• 2017

지난 2017년 1월 17일, 우리나라는 재난 및 안전관리기본법의 자연재난에 우주물체의 추락 충돌로 인한 재난을 포함시켰다. 이는 '14 진주운석 추락 등 잇따른 우주재난에 대한 국제적 관심고조 및 이에 대한 대비의 필요성 제기 등이 바탕이 된 것으로, 우주재난에 대한 국가적 관리의 필요성이 현안에 반영된 결과이다. 한편, 기존정책의 범위가 축소되거나 확장되는 등 변화가 발생할 때 해당 정책이 효과적으로 집행되기 위해서는 정책의 실질적 집행 효과를 경험하는 대상이 되는 정책적 고객이 정책의 변경내용을 인지하고 해당 정책에 대하여 공감하는 것이 중요하다. 우주재난의 경우 재난 및 안전관리기본법에 기존에 포함되어있던 기타 자연재난과 비교할 때, 그 위험도나 피해정도 등이 대중에게 어떠한 평가를 받고 있으며, 특히 기타 자연재난과 비교할 때 같은 맥락으로 이해되고 있는지를 파악하여 향후 세부 정책에 반영할 필요가 있을 것으로 판단된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 "우리나라 국민의 우주위험인식 수준과 국가 재난정책"의 후속연구로서 2016년 9월 발생한 경주지진 전 후 자연재난에 대한 국민의 인식에 변화가 있는지를 분석하여 이를 토대로 우주재난에 대한 국민의 인식을 설명하고 정책적 시사점을 제시하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.214-224
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• 2018

Continuous space development increases the occurrence probability of space hazards such as collapse of a satellite and collision between a satellite and space debris. In Korea, a space surveillance network with optical system has been developed; however, the radar technology for an independent space surveillance needs to be secured. Herein, an L-band phased array radar system for the detection and tracking of space objects is proposed to provide a number of services including collision avoidance and the prediction of re-entry events. With the mission analysis of space surveillance and the case analysis of foreign advanced radar systems, the radar parameters are defined and designed. The proposed radar system is able to detect a debris having a diameter of 10 cm at a maximum distance of 1,576 km. In addition, we confirmed the possibility of using the space surveillance mission for domestic satellites through the analysis of the detection area.