• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.7-17
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• 2014

This technical paper deals with development of on-board orbit generation algorithm for GEO Satellite. This paper presents the research analysis results performed in order to improve the accuracy of the existing algorithm used for generating real-time orbit information for GEO satellite. The error impact on orbit accuracy due to the orbit error sources were analyzed with the algorithm suggested by this research. As a result of the analyses, it is found that the initial orbit should be determined with an accuracy of less than 50 m and the reference position angle error for the ground station and the satellite should be maintained within ${\pm}0.0025deg$ in order to meet the orbit accuracy specification. The development of on-board flight software based on the new algorithm was accomplished and the performance verification is ongoing by using a software based performance verification tool.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.142-149
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• 1997

This paper applied one of the well-known optimal control theory, namely, linear quadratic regulator(LQR), to the station-keeping maneuvers(SKM) for a geostationary satellite. The boundary conditions to transfer the system with a good accuracy at a terminal time were based upon the predicted orbital data which are created due to the Earth's non-uniform mass distribution's effect during 14 days and due to luni-solar effect during 28 days. Through the linearization of the nonlinear system equation with respect to reference orbit and the numerical integration of Riccati equation, the optimal trajectories and the corresponding control law have been obtained by using LQR. From the comparison of ${\Delta}V$ obtained by LQR with the ${\Delta}V$ obtained anatically by geometric method, Station Keeping Maneuvers(SKM) via LQR may provide comparable results to a real system. Furthermore it will demonstrate the possibility in fuel optimization and life extension of geostationary satellite.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.95-100
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• 2015

These days, satellite core technologies are being developed as a way to provide various information by considering simultaneously sending, wide area covering, highly precide, and anti-disaster technologies. Not only global positioning, and image but also space launcher, satellite bus, satellite payload, earth station are being convergently developed in a different technological field. Especially, it is required a lot of initial investing expenditure to provide the Earth observational information service based on the space technologies. Such a trend and change of satellite technologies Korea has realized the necessity for the domestic independent development of next generation earth observation satellites, and are preparing the profound items such as a detailed implementation plan for the efficient development project. Like the satellite advanced countries, it should be transparently carried out that an efficient implementation of the developing target related to the geostationary earth observation satellite development, establishment of technological auditing function and quality assurance system, implementation plan, progressing courses and results of the satellite development program by way of planning, evaluation and management. For these things cited above, it is necessary to operate systematically and continuously the professional structural system by the governmental department in order to control the geostationary earth observation satellite development project. Therefore, this study proposes a development project management improvement method of the Korea next generation geostationary earth observation satellite based on the development project management system of the domestic geostationary satellite system.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.10-16
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• 2018

In 2018 and 2019, GEO-KOMPSAT-2A and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B will be launched in order to succeed the COMS mission. The two satellites will be collocated in $128.25{\pm}0.05$ degrees East. For precise ranging and orbit determination, the GEO-KOMPSAT-2B will be equipped with LRA (Laser Retroreflector Assembly) and SLR (Satellite Laser Ranging) systems will be utilized. This systems are located in Geochang. In this case, the laser beam emitted from the SLR station can cause problems in terms of safety of optical payloads and image quality. As a solution of this possibility, the laser ranging will be done during the night time when the shutters of the optical payloads remain closed. Still, the optical payload of the GEO-KOMPSAT-2A is not safe from the laser beam because its optical payload shall continue its mission for 24 hours a day. In order to handle this problem, the laser ranging shall be limited to time slots when the angular distance between two satellites observed from the Geochang SLR station is large enough. In this paper, through orbit simulations, the characteristics of variation of the angular distance between the two satellites is analyzed to figure out the time slots when laser ranging is allowed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.165-171
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• 2016

The attitude control, station keeping and wheel off-loading at GEO-KOMPSAT-2 are realized by thrusters firings. Thrusters 1, 2 and 3 are mounted on the same axis as the solar array, which generates the plume disturbance largely. Therefore the effect of plume disturbance should be analyzed from satellite design phase. In this paper, we described the calculation method of plume disturbance and analyzed the plume disturbance of thruster 1,2 and 3 using GEO-KOMPSAT-2 initial configuration.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.123-128
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• 2010

The space radiation/total ionizing Dose(TID) and its effects, and the GEO satellite system design considerations in space radiation environment are studied in this paper using Spenvis(Space Environment Information System). The GEO satellite system in space environment is simulated by NASA AP8/AE8, JPL91 and NRL CREME models, repectively for trapped particle, solar proton and cosmic-ray. The total ionizing Dose which is accumulated continuously to spacecraft electronics has been expressed as the function of aluminum thickness. These values can be used as the criteria for the selection of electronic parts and shielding thickness of the Digital Channel Amplifier(DCAMP) structure.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.20-25
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• 2006

The link of Geostationary Communication Satellite has transit delay and noise environments by physical distance. This situation exerts an influence on the degradation of baseband performance of Earth Station. Therefore, it is very important that degradation of baseband performance is grasped previously. This paper is presented that developed the simulator which can evaluate the baseband performance of earth station of a military satellite communication system during the current development. The simulator can mock delay on a satellite channel and bit errors without being used actual satellite links.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.66-72
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• 2007

In this study, we would like to report the analysis of COMS(Communication, Ocean & Meterological Satellite) MI2U(Meteo-Imager Interface Unit) ORB (On Board Reconfiguration) verification test. MI2U is one of equipment integrated on COMS and in charge of TM/TC function and Power Supply function of MI(Meteo-Imager). COMS, an geo-stationary satellite, is a multi-functional satellite accommodation two observation payloads and one communication payload.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.182-189
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• 2003

Communication Ocean Meteorological Satellite(COMS) for the hybrid mission of meteorological observation, ocean monitoring, and telecommunication service is planned to be launched onto Geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) in 2008 according to the korea national space program, For the development of the meteorological payload of COMS, imager, the characteristics of Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) for GEO meteorological imager is investigated and the theoretical MTF limit is analyzed for each spectral channel of the imager in the both cases of a currently operating GEO instrument technology and an advanced GEO instrument technology under development. This study shows that MTF value can be considerably low in the infrared channels with longer wavelength than 10㎛ due to diffraction effect so that the MTF performance of long wavelength infrared channels should be paid attention to for the development of the imager.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.53.1-53.1
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 고궤도 및 원거리 우주물체의 추적 및 관측이 용이한 광학관측 시스템을 이용하여 정지궤도위성을 관측하였고, 광도곡선 분석을 통해 식별정보를 획득하였다. 정지궤도 위성은 자세에어 방법에 따라 회전 안정화 위성과 3축 안정화 위성으로 나뉘며, 3축 안정화 위성은 다시 통신위성과 지구관측 위성 등으로 나뉜다. 회전 안정화 위성의 식별 연구를 위해 중국의 FY-2 위성을 관측대상으로 선정하였고, 3축 안정화 위성의 식별을 위해 한국의 COMS-1 위성을 관측 대상으로 선정하였다. 회전안정화 위성은 Sidereal Tracking Mode로 관측하면 위성의 궤적이 선 모양으로 나타난다. 이때 나타난 궤적의 pixel value 값을 확인하면 일정한 주기로 밝기가 변화 하는 것을 확인할 수 있으며, FFT를 수행하면 위성의 회전율과 회전 주기를 구할 수 있다. 3축 안정화 위성은 Stare Mode로 관측하여 측광하면 광도곡선을 획득할 수 있다. 위성의 형상을 결정하는 본체, 안테나, 태양전지판을 모델링하여 광도곡선 시뮬레이션결과와 비교하면 각각의 형상이 광도곡선에 미치는 영향과 특징을 알 수 있고, 이를 통해 식별정보를 획득할 수 있다. 이상의 분석을 통해 얻은 FY-2위성과 COMS-1 위성의 식별정보를 제시하고 향후 우주물체 식별 연구에 활용하고자 한다.