• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1156-1159
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• 2017

The various ground support equipments are necessary for KSLV-II ground operation at the assembly building located in Naro Space Center. Among the various ground support equipments, the launch vehicle connection unit and high pressure flexible hose are important elements, because they are used for connection between the ground compressed gas supply system and the launch vehicle. In this paper, the development progress of the launch vehicle connection unit and high pressure flexible hose are introduced.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.187-192
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• 2009

Telecommand & telemetry control equipment is needed for the testing of the transponders during the development of satellite. This equipment must have a loopback function to perform the self testing without satellite. The fabrication of the designed system is easier and cheaper than the conventional testing system using direct modulation method. The measured results of fabricated equipment are satisfied with required specifications. A overall path loss of uplink and downlink is 47.8 dB and 42.6 dB, respectively. Also, IMD3 of uplink has measured 60.68 dBc at an output of -50 dBm.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.10
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• pp.849-858
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• 2021

It is difficult to establish a quantitative standard because there are many factors to consider, such as environmental conditions, airworthiness, and maintainability, in determining the installation location of equipment in an aircraft. In addition, as the number of equipment increases, the design proposal increases exponentially, so the design is proceeding depending on the experience of the designer much in order to review it within a limited time schedule. In this paper, a method of calculating the length and weight of the wiring harness according to the location of the equipment and a method of optimizing the weight of the wiring harness and the CG of the equipment using genetic algorithms are described in order to create a quantitative standard useful by comparing the optimal design and the actual design.

• The Optical Journal
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• s.107
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• pp.25-29
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• 2007

초정밀 가공기술은 선진국에서 기술이전을 회피하는 가장 심한 분야로 광산업의 핵심부품인 반사경, 비구면 렌즈, 광통신매체의 가공과 관련하여 국내의 초정밀 관련 기술의 한계에 의하여 전적으로 수입에 의존하고 있다. 이에 한국기초과학지원연구원은 2005년부터 기존의 측정분석위주의 단순지원에서 국가적 수요에 대응하는 대형첨단연구장비의 국산화를 위한 기술개발에 역점을 두고 있다. 이를 위한 기반기술로써 초정밀 가공 및 측정장비의 설치운영을 통한 첨단 연구장비의 핵심부품을 개발하고 있다. 특히 천문관측용 적외선(IR) 광학계의 초정밀가공기술 개발을 통한 항공우주용 광학계의 국산화 기술 향상에 기여하고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.23 no.7
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• pp.11-20
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• 2022

Planetary geotechnical investigation in charge of drilling and soil sampling is of a great importance in providing extraterrestrial geotechnical information. Extraterrestrial subsurface investigation, which includes drilling, soil sampling, and sample transportation, will be loaded in a lander or a rover. Scientists from all over the world are interested in the design and development of a drilling system with various functions due to potential applications in planetary surface exploration mission. However, it is difficult to build a fully functional drilling system in extreme environment conditions. This paper presents engineering considerations for the design and development of soil sampling including drilling and performance verification in extreme environment conditions in detail.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.12
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• pp.975-986
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• 2013

This paper dealt with the fabrication and performance evaluation of the electronics housing made of lightweight composite materials, aiming at the enhancement of satellite mass savings by replacing conventional aluminum alloy widely used for satellite avionics with lightweight composite material. For this purpose, a fabrication process was designed to overcome low machinability of CFRP and to minimize the post-treatment. The composite housing with grid-stiffened and monolithic frame was made using co-curing method. Its performance was also evaluated regarding endurance, stiffness, thermal conductivity, electrical grounding, EMI protection and radiation shielding. The composite housing can provide the considerable mass savings over the aluminum housing with same dimension.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.116-124
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• 2010

Ground complex composed of Assembly Complex(AC) and Launch Complex(LC) which is located on Oenarodo space center in Kohung is necessary for successful launching of KSLV-I. AC performs accepting of a KSLV-I 1st stage and 2nd stage, stage assembly, the integrated launch vehicle, the checked out, and all kinds of performance test, pre-launch tests and processing. At AC, the mechanical support equipments, that is called the technological equipments, are installed in the Launch Vehicle Assembly Test Building(LVATB). These technological equipments have diverse forms of an interface with mechanical/electric device of the launch vehicle and have to provide a condition and the performance guarantee of an optimum in the launching operation process. In this paper, the requirements specification and manufacturing performance test for the mechanical support equipments which are used in the assembly/disassembly and test of the launch vehicle are introduced.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.229-235
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• 2008

The ground flight termination system(GFTS) could be used for the termination of launch vehicle in flight motion when the launch vehicle deviates from the designated route due to the system malfunction or failure as well as the launch vehicle can't be tracked by the ground tracking system. This paper introduces the basic concept and design of the ground flight termination system to be used for KSLV launch mission in NARO space center. In order to design the optimal ground flight termination system for KSLV launch application, the operational concept reflected on the flight trajectory and system characteristics of KSLV launch vehicle should be considered. Moreover the RF link budget analysis, and the analysis for system availability and reliability are done. Based on the analysis above, the each subsystem of ground flight termination to transmit the termination signal in stable is designed for KSLV launch mission.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.60-67
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• 2022

An Electro-Optical Tracking System (EOTS) is an electric optical system with EO/IR cameras, laser sensors, and an IMU. The EOTS calculates coordinates of targets, using attitude and acceleration measured by the IMU. In particular for an armed aircraft, the performance of the weapon system depends on how quickly and accurately it acquires the target coordinates. The IMU should be operated after alignment is complete, to meet the coordinate accuracy required by the weapon system so the initial stabilization time of the IMU should be reduced, by quickly measuring the attitude and acceleration. Alignment is the process of determining the initial attitude by resolving the attitude error of the IMU, and the IMU of mission equipment such as an airborne EOTS, uses velocity matching based on the velocity from GPS/INS for aircraft navigation. In this paper, a method is presented to improve the transfer alignment performance of the airborne EOTS, by maneuvering aircraft and the mission equipment. First, the performance factor of the alignment was identified, as a heading error through the velocity matching model and simulation results. Then acceleration maneuvers and attitude changes were necessary, to correct the error. As a result of flight tests applied to an EOTS on a OOO aircraft system, the transfer alignment performance was improved as the duration time was decreased, by more than five times when the aircraft accelerated by more than 0.2g and the EOTS was moving until 6.7deg/s.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.94-94
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• 2003

위성체의 유기오염은 광학계 렌즈 등의 오염 민감 표면에 분자단위로 흡착되어 표면에 층을 이루며 존재하는 것으로 위성의 성능저하 및 임무실패를 야기할 수 있는 주요원인이 된다. 유기오염은 단순히 대기에 노출되는 것만으로도 발생할 수 있으며, 특히 고온 고진공 상태에서는 다른 표면들에서 outgassing된 물질들이 흡착될 수 있기 때문에 그 영향이 극대화 된다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 유기오염을 측정하기 위하여 청정실과 열진공챔버 내에 witness plate를 설치하고 이를 적외선분광장비로 분석하였다. 적외선 분광장비를 이용하여 ESA(European Space Agency) 문서를 기준으로 4가지 물질에 대하여 검교정을 수행하였고, 그 결과를 바탕으로 유기오염물을 정량분석 하였다. 또한 유기오염물질의 분별을 통해 보다 정확한 분석을 수행하기 위하여 GC-MS(Gas Chromatograph - Mass Spectrometer)를 사용하여 분석을 시도하였으며, 이를 국제 기준에 적용하기 위한 방안도 모색하였다.