• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.173.1-173.1
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• 2012

천리안 위성 원격측정명령계 RF부는 위성 장착 이후 발사 전까지 여러 단계의 위성체레벨 기능시험을 거치며 요구 성능을 만족하는지를 충분히 확인하였다. 위성 발사후부터 정상궤도 진입 후에 발사전 원격측정명령계 RF가 원하는 요구 기능 및 성능을 만족하고 있는지를 확인하는 궤도운용시험이 수행되었다. 본 논문은 원격측정명령계 RF부의 궤도운용시험 계획에 따라 수행하여 얻어진 시험 결과에 대한 분석에 대한 것이다. 먼저 발사 후 LEOP 동안 원격명령이 정상적으로 수신되고 수행되는지 확인하였다. 그 이후 원격명령이 언락되는 수신 파워 임계(Threshold) 입력 레벨 확인을 확인하였으며 원격측정 다운링크 주파수 변이가 요구범위에 있는지 확인하였으며, 수신신호 스펙트럼 측정을 통해 TM EIRP를 추정한 결과 링크 버짓 마진 대비 추가적인 마진이 있음을 확인하였으며 또한 TM 송신 신호 변조지수가 추정범위 안에 있는지를 확인하였다. 그리고 레인징 시험을 통해 수신기 및 레인징 기능이 정상적으로 동작하고 있음을 확인하였다. 이 궤도운용시험 결과는 후속 정지궤도복합위성 원격측정명령계 RF부 궤도운용시험을 위한 비교 자료로 활용될 것이다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.90-97
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• 2016

GEO-KOMPSAT-2A and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B are under development by KARI to replace the COMS mission, and will be launched in 2018 and 2019, respectively. GEO-KOMPSAT-2 will be launched and injected into the GTO (Geostationary Transfer Orbit) by the Ariane V launcher. Once injected into the GTO, the satellites are transferred to the drift orbit by applying a series of apogee engine burns. The burn epoch time, duration, and intervals are selected such that the satellite is placed closest to the target drift longitude, or at the drift start longitude. For GEO-KOMPSAT-2, four or five LAE (Liquid Apogee Engine) burns will be applied for drift orbit injection. This paper establishes the GEO-KOMPSAT-2 LAE burn plan, considering predefined constraints and adjustments, taking into account the perturbing forces. Two approaches have been analyzed: the first is a single shot approach, whereas the other is an iteration based optimal solution. Optimal solution has been obtained using the Focusleop, a geostationary satellite LEOP tool.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.17-23
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• 2020

Upper stage of launch vehicle mainly injects a lunar explorer from low earth orbit to the moon at a distance of 380,000 km. In foreign lunar explorer, the upper stage is separated from the explorer after the explorer is injected into the earth-moon transfer trajectory, and the lunar explorer then uses on-board propellant to carry out mid-course correction maneuvers and lunar orbit insertion maneuvers. This study describes a newly presented small liquid upper stage. Using a small liquid upper stage with a wet mass of 2.9 tonnes, the lunar explorer not only can be injected earth-moon transfer trajectory but also can be performed lunar orbit insertion. This study provides acceptable mass range of the lunar explorer and the scope of acceptable mission range also describes based on the launch from Naro Space Center.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.89-97
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• 2011

This paper considers improved IGM (Iterative Guidance Mode), one of the explicit guidance algorithms, to determine the guidance algorithm for upper stages of a space launch vehicle. IGM, which has been employed successfully for the Saturn to put its payload into the parking orbit and lunar transfer orbit, is applied here for guidance of the launcher during the second and third stages. The orbit injection accuracy is evaluated through the 3-DOF computer simulations and an accurate prediction method, which can eliminate the prediction error of the downrange position at the orbit injection, is also proposed here.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.121-127
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• 2011

In the attitude and orbit control subsystem design, the moment of inertia of the satellite is the major contributor to be considered. Satellites equipped with large solar arrays need to measure the moment of inertia accurately to avoid the interference of the thruster actuation period with its flexible mode. In this paper, the in-orbit tests of COMS to measure the moment of inertia are described. Then, the differences between the measured through in-orbit test and the predicted are compared. Finally, it is verified that the differences are below uncertainty bounds considered in the critical design of COMS attitude and orbit control subsystem.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.8
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• pp.87-93
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• 2002

In general, station relocation for a geostationary orbit satellite is formulated as a request for moving the spacecraft from its present longitude to the target longitude within a given time interval. The station relocation maneuver is composed of drift orbit insertion maneuver and target orbit insertion maneuver. During station relocation, the satellite orbit is continually influenced by the non-spherical geo-potential. When we plan a maneuver, if we do not consider the influence, the satellite may not be relocate to desired longitude successfully. To solve this problem, we applied the linearised orbit transfer equation to acquire maneuver time and delta-V. Nonlinear simulation for the station relocation of multiple satellites is performed in order to verify the distance between two satellites.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.240-247
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• 2011

Finite element analysis was undertaken to investigate the effect of freezing force of water unexpectedly penetrated into inserts used in railway sleeper on pullout capacity of anchor bolts for fixing base-plate onto concrete sleeper. Based on the in-situ investigation and measurement of geometry of railway sleeper and rail-fastener, the railway sleeper was modeled by 3D solid elements. Nonlinear and fracture properties for the finite element model were assumed according to CEB-FIP 1990 model code. And the pullout maximum load of anchor bolt obtained from the model developed was compared with experimental pullout maximum load presented by KRRI for verification of the model. Using this model, the effect of position of anchor bolt, amount of fastening force applied to the anchor bolt, and compressive strength of concrete on pull-out capacity of anchor bolts installed in railway sleeper was investigated. As a result, it is found that concrete railway sleepers could be damaged by the pressure due to freezing of water penetrated into inserts. And the pullout capacity of anchor bolt close to center of railway is slightly greater than that of the others.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.24.3-24.3
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• 2011

우주발사체를 이용하여 인공위성을 궤도에 올리는 문제에서 가장 중요시해야 할 부분은 임무의 성공, 즉 정밀한 궤도 진입이다. 이것이 만족되어졌을 때, 비용의 최소화 또한 설계 시 중요한 고려사항이 된다. 이 두 가지 문제를 동시에 해결하기 위해선 최적 제어 전략이 필요한데, 통상적으로 이 과정은 발사 전에 최적화 기법 등을 이용하여 계산되고 검증된다. 그러나 기존의 최적화 기법은 대부분 선형 시스템에 적합한 기법들 이고, 우주발사체와 같이 매우 복잡하고 강한 비선형을 가진 운동방정식을 최적화 하려면 많은 계산이 소요된다. 계산 소모 시간을 줄이기 위해서는 선형화 등의 기법이 사용되는데, 그러한 경우 최적 해에 대한 신뢰도가 낮아질 수밖에 없다. 이 논문에서는 그러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 최근 활발히 연구되고 있는 비선형 최적화 기법인 상태 의존 Riccati 방정식 기법 (SDRE)을 이용하여 인공위성을 주어진 궤도에 진입시키는 우주발사체의 최적궤도를 계산하였다. 또한 Hamiltonian 을 이용하여 산출된 궤도의 최적성을 보이고, 목표한 궤도와의 비교를 통해 제어기의 정밀성을 확인하였다.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.19-25
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• 2012

GEO-KOMPSAT2 shall provide higher quality of image than the COMS and uses star tracker instead of earth sensor, which requires precise onboard orbit information. This requires precise on-ground orbit determination. For COMS, orbit determination is performed using the ranging data obtained from tracking system located in DAEJON. For accurate orbit determination of GEO-KOMPSAT2, KARI is building a secondary tracking station in CHUUK Islands. In this paper, the achievable accuracy of table based onboard orbit parameter generator which interpolates orbit data obtained from on-ground orbit determination using tracking data collected from two ground stations. Two types of approaches have been applied; covariance analysis and numerical analysis. By combining two analysis results, total orbit error has been estimated.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.296-307
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• 1994

Using X-Window system (Motif Graphic User Interface), the AKM (Apogee Kick Motor) firing software for Koreasat which will be launched in 1995 has been developed to transfer the spacecraft from its transfer orbit, provided by the DeltaII launch vehicle, into a nearly geostationary drift orbit. The AKM firing software runs in one of two modes. In mission analysis mode, using a fixed magnitude impulsive velocity change, it provides the necessary data for planning the burn parameters. In insert mode, it uses the orbit propagator function to integrate the spacecraft state through the AKM burn. In this case, an AKM thrust profile and specific impulse are applied to the necessary data for planning the burn parameters to obtain the best possible drift orbit. The apogee burn planning simulation for orbital transfer of Koreasat has been performed using the AKM firing software. And the result of this simulation has been analyzed.