• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.10
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• pp.833-839
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• 2013

Thermal vacuum test should be performed prior to launch to verify satellites' functionality in a harsh space environment which is represented by extremely cold temperatures and vacuum conditions. A thermal vacuum chamber which consists of a vacuum vessel, a pumping system, and a thermal control system are used to perform thermal vacuum tests of a satellite system and its components. A cryogenic blower is a core component of the closed loop thermal control system for thermal vacuum chambers. This paper describes the fan design of the cryogenic blower, the design of the thermal protection interface between the driving part and the fluid part, which were verified by thermal and structural analyses. The performance of the cryogenic blower is confirmed by similarity test on the test bench.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.11
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• pp.95-105
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• 2005

The HAUSAT-2 nanosatellite which is scheduled to launch in 2008 is being developed by SSRL(Space System Research Lab.). The HAUSAT-2 STM(Structural-Thermal Model) was developed as the first system model to verify structural and thermal design margin. The qualification level vibration and thermal tests have been conducted on STM. This paper addresses the comparison of structural analysis and test results of HAUSAT-2 STM. It was shown that the natural frequency of HAUSAT-2 STM satisfies the stiffness requirements without structural damage in the random vibration test. The assembly and integration validity were also checked out through STM.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.141-141
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• 2006

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.25-36
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• 2009

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.90.2-90.2
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.103.2-103.2
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• 2015

10-3 Pa 이하의 고진공 환경과 $180^{\circ}C$ 이하의 극저온 환경에서 대형정지궤도위성의 고온 열평형 환경구현을 위한 열제어패널이 설계되었다. 열제어패널은 가로 2.2 m, 세로 2.6 m, 두께 2 mm의 구리판에 구리 튜브가 브레이징되어 있는 형태로 설계되었으며, 지상에서 6 m 이상의 높이에 설치되고 위성의 위치에 따라 이동이 가능해야 하기 때문에, 별도의 지지 구조물이 함께 설계되었다. 따라서, 열제어패널 설치 및 고정을 위한 지지구조물의 경우 160 kg의 무게를 견뎌내야 하며 이동 및 설치에 있어 구조적인 안전성이 확보 되어야 한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 상용유한요소해석 프로그램을 사용하여 열평형시험 시 위성체 상단부의 고온 환경모사를 위한 열제어패널 지지구조물에 대한 구조 안전성을 확인 하였다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.89-97
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• 2021

STEP Cube Lab-II (Cube Laboratory for Space Technology Experimental Project-II) is a 6U Cube satellite equipped with optical and infrared cameras for monitoring Mt. Paektu volcanic eruption signs and earth observation in the Korean peninsula. To guarantee successful mission operation of the cube satellite in orbit, thermal design is essential for the electronic equipment, and must be kept within the allowable temperature range during the mission period. Thus, it is necessary to analyze the predictable orbital thermal environment. The STEP Cube Lab-II is launched through the KSLV-II, however, the operation orbit has not been determined due to the unknown launch time. In this study, we performed a thermal analysis of the satellite and investigated the heat flux according to launch time to analyze the worst orbital conditions that could occur.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.11 no.3 s.34
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• pp.8-13
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• 2006

The north panel of a geostationary satellite is used as one of the main radiators, on which communication equipment or bus equipment are installed. The thermal control of panel is designed by using embedded heat pipes and surface heat pipes (or external heat pipes) to spread out heat dissipated from equipment all over the radiator evenly and finally to reject the heat to the space through the radiator efficiently. This panel is also divided by several areas based on the operating temperature and dissipation of equipment in order to increase heat rejection capability of radiator. The thermal analysis is carried out for the hot case, Winter Solsitce EOL (End Of Life), in order to validate thermal design of the panel utilized 6 surface heat pipes and 8 embedded heat pipes. The sensitivity studies for the heat pipe failure case and no heat pipe case are performed and compared to its normal state. The heat transport capability of heat pipe is also obtained from these calculations.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.37-44
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• 2014

A detailed satellite panel thermal model composed of more than thousands nodes can not be directly integrated into a spacecraft thermal model due to its node size and the limitation of commercial satellite thermal analysis programs. For the integration of the panel into the satellite thermal model, a reduced thermal model having proper accuracy is required. A thermal model reduction method was developed and validated by using a geostationary satellite panel. The temperature differences of main components between the detailed and the reduced thermal model were less than $1^{\circ}C$ in steady state analysis. Also, the dynamic responses of the detailed and the reduced thermal model show very similar trends. Thus, the developed reduction method can be applicable to actual satellite thermal design and analysis with resonable accuracy and convenience.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.91-95
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• 2005

A heat dissipation modeling method of EEE parts is developed for thermal design and analysis of an satellite electronic equipment. The power consumption measurement value of each functional breadboard is used for the heat dissipation modeling method. For the purpose of conduction heat transfer modeling of EEE parts, surface heat model using very thin ignorable thermal plates is developed instead of conventional lumped capacity nodes. The thermal plates are projected to the printed circuit board and can be modeled and modified easily by numerically preprocessing programs according to design changes. These modeling methods are applied to the thermal design and analysis of CTU and verified by thermal cycling and vacuum tests.