• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.88-93
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• 2013

The wideband chirp signal generator to enhance the resolution of synthetic aperture radar of obtaining the earth observation image is needed. This paper deals with designing, manufacturing and testing the wideband digital chirp signal generator having high resolution for LEO earth observation satellite. The wideband digital chirp signal generator is implemented with the memory-map based structure which is mostly applied in the satellite, and consists of the digital module to generate the digital chirp signal and the RF module to perform the quadrature modulation. The I/Q signals stored in the memory of the digital module are D/A converted and delivered to be quadrature modulated with the reference signal of 1275 MHz in the RF module. Furthermore, the test bench and GUI to validate the signal generator function are also developed. It is found that the requirement of 144 MHz bandwidth for the digital chirp signal generator is well met. Finally it is noteworthy that the distortion occurred in the chirp signal generator was compensated by the pre-distortion compensation.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.218-237
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to propose a mid - range low - orbit water disaster monitoring satellite development plan to revolutionize water disaster management infrastructure through securing an independent and leading observation infrastructure and to secure safety against disaster prepared for climate change. Water and water disaster satellites should be able to detect changes in the surface of the ground and observe hydrological factors during daytime, nighttime, and bad weather. In addition, independent technology development should be possible. To do this, we selected C-band image radar payload considering domestic technology and water resources management, and suggested detailed development plan. In this way, it is reflected in the national next-generation mid-satellite 2-phase project plan to secure the basis for building a disaster monitoring system related to wide-area water.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.809-817
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• 2020

In the design and development process of Small-Sat power distribution and transmission module, the stability of dynamic resources was evaluated by a deep learning algorithm. The requirements for the stability evaluation consisted of the power distribution function of the power distribution module and demand module to the SAR radar in Small-Sat. To verify the performance of the switching power components constituting the power module PDM, the reliability was verified using a dynamic neural network. The adoption material of deep learning for reliability verification is the power distribution function of the payload to the power supplied from the small satellite main body. Modeling targets for verifying the performance of this function are output voltage (slew rate control), voltage error, and load power characteristics. First, to this end, the Coefficient Structure area was defined by modeling, and PCB modules were fabricated to compare stability and reliability. Second, Levenberg-Marquare based Two-Way NARX neural network Sigmoid Transfer was used as a deep learning algorithm.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.193-200
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• 2024

This paper describes the design and development of a transmit receiver module(TRM) for mounting on X-band SAR of the NEXTSat-2. The TRM generates the chirp signal with required bandwidth through the DDS in X-band and performs frequency conversion, combination for the signal to transmit and be received and frequency synthesis. Tx path of the TRM produces signals of total 28 bandwidths up to 96.8 MHz and has output signal level of more than + 9.37 dBm. Rx path of the TRM has minimum noise figure of 15.7 dB. The measurement results show that required requirements are satisfied. The TRM is installed on the NEXTSat-2 flight model(FM), launched by KSLV-II(Nuri) on May 23, 2023 and currently operational.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.360-365
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• 2014

There are many types of advanced devices for weather prediction process such as weather radar, satellite, radiosonde, and other weather observation devices. Among them, the weather radar is an essential device for weather forecasting because the radar has many advantages like wide observation area, high spatial and time resolution, and so on. In order to analyze the weather radar observation result, we should know the inside structure and data. Some non-precipitation echoes exist inside of the observed radar data. And these echoes affect decreased accuracy of weather forecasting. Therefore, this paper suggests a method that could remove line-shaped non-precipitation echo from raw radar data. The line-shaped echoes are distinguished from the raw radar data and extracted their own features. These extracted data pairs are used as learning data for naive bayesian classifier. After the learning process, the constructed naive bayesian classifier is applied to real case that includes not only line-shaped echo but also other precipitation echoes. From the experiments, we confirm that the conclusion that suggested naive bayesian classifier could distinguish line-shaped echo effectively.

• Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2024

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) developed an satellite laser ranging (SLR) system for tracking space objects using ultra-pulsed lasers. For the safe operation of SLR system, aircraft surveillance radar system (ASRS) was developed to prevent human damage from high power laser transmitted from the SLR system. The ASRS consists of the radar hardware subsystem (RHS) and main control subsystem (MCS), in order to detect flying objects in the direction of laser propagation and then stop immediately the laser transmission. The RHS transmits the radio frequency (RF) pulse signals and receives the returned signals, while the MCS analyzes the characteristics of received signals and distinguishes the existence of flying objects. If the flying objects are determined to be existed, the MCS sends the command signal to the laser controller in SLR system to pause the laser firing. In this study, we address the interface and operational scenarios of ASRS, including the design of RHS and MCS. It was demonstrated in the aircraft experiments that the ASRS could detect an aircraft and then stop transmitting high power laser successfully.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.31 no.5 s.348
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• pp.28-29
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• 1998

2차 세계대전 중 영국 공군에서 레이더 시스템 개발에 종사하던 한 젊은 기술장교가 1945년 통신전문지 「와이어레스 월드」에서 미래를 내다보는 획기적인 논문을 발표하여 세상을 깜짝 놀라게 만들었다. 아더 찰즈 크라크(Arther Charles Clark)라는 이름의 이 장교는 당시에는 존재조차 하지 않았던 인공위성을 이용하여 세계를 전기통신망으로 묶는 방법을 자상하게 논술한 것이다. 그로부터 반세기가 지난 오늘날 수백기의 인공위성들이 지구 궤도를 돌면서 정보화 시대의 대들보 구실을 하고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.250-250
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• 2016

인공위성을 이용한 강수관측은 전 지구적 규모에서 시공간적으로 균일한 강수정보를 지속적으로 제공할 수 있으며, 가뭄에 중요한 하나의 변수로서 가뭄정보를 제공할 수 있다는 장점이 있어 점차적으로 미계측지역 수문학적으로 활용성이 증대되고 있다. 그러나 인공위성 기반 강수관측자료는 지상관측 강우자료에 비해 시 공간해상도가 낮고, 관측 당시의 대기 상태, 관측기기, 시 공간적 대표성 문제 등에서 기인한 많은 불확실성을 포함하고 있다. 이러한 불확실성을 보완하기 위한 목적으로 미국 항공우주국 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration: NASA)는 GPM(Global Precipitation Measurement) 위성을 핵심위성으로 한 다중 위성자료를 이용하여 전지구적으로 30분 간격, 10 km 해상도의 GPM IMERG (Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM)를 생산 제공하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 다중 인공위성 추정 강수의 가뭄 활용성을 검토하기 위한 목적으로 GPM IMERG 위성 강우 자료(Early run, Late run, Final run)의 검증 및 평가를 수행하고자 하였으며, 각각의 자료들을 강수사례에 적용하여 10 km, 30분 해상도를 가지는 1.5km CAPPI (Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator) 레이더 및 지상 강우자료와 비교 검증하였다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.6_1
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• pp.1371-1388
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• 2023

Floods are becoming more severe and frequent due to global warming-induced climate change. Water disasters are rising in Korea due to severe rainfall and wet seasons. This makes preventive climate change measures and efficient water catastrophe responses crucial, and synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery can help. This research created 1,423 water body learning datasets for individual water body regions along the Han and Nakdong waterways to reflect domestic water body properties discovered by Sentinel-1 satellite radar imagery. We created a document with exact data annotation criteria for many situations. After the dataset was processed, U-Net, a deep learning model, analyzed water body detection results. The results from applying the learned model to water body locations not involved in the learning process were studied to validate soil water body monitoring on a national scale. The analysis showed that the created water body area detected water bodies accurately (F1-Score: 0.987, Intersection over Union [IoU]: 0.955). Other domestic water body regions not used for training and evaluation showed similar accuracy (F1-Score: 0.941, IoU: 0.89). Both outcomes showed that the computer accurately spotted water bodies in most areas, however tiny streams and gloomy areas had problems. This work should improve water resource change and disaster damage surveillance. Future studies will likely include more water body attribute datasets. Such databases could help manage and monitor water bodies nationwide and shed light on misclassified regions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.25.2-25.2
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• 2011

저궤도위성의 정밀궤도결정은 GPS 위성과 수신기의 시계 공통오차를 제거하기 위해 이중 차분하는 방법으로 요구된 위치 정밀도를 충족시켜왔다. 그러나 빠른 속도로 지구를 회전하는 저궤도위성의 정밀궤도결정에 있어 이러한 이중 차분방법은 지구상에 광범위하게 분포된 지상 IGS 망 처리에 많은 계산 부담을 안고 있다. 그리고 지상 측지뿐만 아니라 저궤도위성을 이용한 기상관측 또는 긴급한 영상 처리 응용분야에서도 고정밀도 준실시간(Near Real Time-NRT) 처리가 요구되고 있다. 고정밀 준실시간 정밀궤도결정을 위한 대안은 이중주파수 GPS 수신기으로 IGS에서 제공되는 정밀궤도력을 갖고 고정밀 단독측위가 가능한 정밀단독측위(precise point positioning) 기법으로 상대측위와 버금가는 위치 정밀도를 얻을 수 있다. 다목적실용위성 5호는 고정밀 합성 레이더 영상 처리를 위해서 요구되는 20 cm 위성 위치 정밀도를 만족시키고, 대기 기상관측을 위해 GPS 전파 엄폐 측정값 수집을 목적으로 고정밀 이중주파수 GPS 수신기(Integrated GPS and Occultation Receiver, IGOR)를 탑재하고 있다. 이 논문에서는 IGOR의 이전 제품인 Blackjack 수신기를 탑재한 GRACE 위성의 실제 GPS 데이터를 사용하여 대략 3 ~ 5cm의 위치 정밀도를 얻었다. 준실시간 정밀궤도결정에서 정밀도 손실없이 궤도결정 처리 지연시간(latency)을 줄이는 것이 중요하다. 이 지연시간은 GPS 측정값의 양에 따라 크게 좌우되기에 GPS 측정값 샘플링 주기를 10초에서 640초까지 변화시켜가면서 정밀도를 분석한 결과, 위치 정밀도 손실없이도 궤도결정처리 지연시간을 단축시킬 수 있음을 제시하고 있다.