• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.150-159
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• 2010

The approach and landing phase of a re-entry vehicle is composed of Steep Glideslope phase, Circular Flare phase, Flare Maneuver phase. The trajectory planning algorithm with geometric parameters is studied in this paper for on-board trajectory planning. This algorithm generate reference trajectory rapidly considering safe landing of re-entry vehicle. In this paper, the Mamdani Fuzzy PD type controller for longitudinal and lateral control is designed which has robustness of nonlinear system. In addition, the simulation is performed including initial downrange and crossrange errors, and the results shows that the proposed fuzzy logic controller has good performance.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.119-129
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• 2011

The soft landing of a lunar lander after the entrance of lunar orbit is an essential prerequisite for the accomplishment of the lander's lunar mission. During the landing process of a lunar lander, efficient shock absorption and stability maintenance are indispensible technology to protect payloads. Therefore, the landing gear is a crucial structural component of a lunar lander, it has to absorb the kinetic energy associated with touchdown and support the static load of the landing module in an upright position. In this paper, various landing gears of lunar landers which are being developed as well as which had been successfully landed on the moon surface are investigated. In the end, the Korean lunar lander, which is being designed for preliminary development model, is presented as an example of the lunar lander development.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.11
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• pp.984-997
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• 2015

Chang'e-3 consisting of a lunar lander and exploration rover was launched on December 1, 2013 aboard a Long March 3B rocket flying from Xichang space launch center. Chang'e-3 was inserted into the lunar orbit after about a 5-day transit to the Moon and landed on the targeted landing site after orbiting around the Moon for 8 days. The successful landing of the Chang'e-3 gives a lot of help to analyze the future needs of the subsystem technologies and to figure out the trajectory from launch to lunar landing as well as operation sequences in the development of Korean lunar exploration is scheduled. Therefore, the configuration and analysis of overall mission of Chang'e-3 is performed based on the public information from the press and website. As a result, overall mission trajectory is reconstructed by solving boundary condition and then estimating control variable. Visibility status and eclipse status also analyzes so communication and power charge condition is as good as to operate lunar lander. Mass budget of the lander is derived using ${\Delta}V$ according to specific impulse.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.753-760
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• 2008

The present study is concerned with aerodynamic characteristics and reference trajectory generation of Hope-X in Approach/Landing phase. To create reference trajectory generation in A/L phase, detailed informations on lift and drag coefficients of Hope-X must be provided. To obtain these informations, aerodynamic characteristics of Hope-X are analyzed using the commercial CFD code, Fluent. The A/L phase is conceptually divided into three sub-phases: the Steepglide Slope phase for stability of vehicle, the Flare Maneuver phase for safety landing, the Circular Flare for smooth connecting with these both phases. The reference trajectory is obtained by determination of flight-path angle through geometrical formulas with consideration of aerodynamic coefficient and dynamic characteristic.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.38 no.6_1
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• pp.1015-1023
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• 2022

The Entry-Descent-Landing process of a lander involves many environmental and technical challenges. To solve these problems, recently, terrestrial relative navigation (TRN) technology has been essential for landers. TRN is a technology for estimating the position and attitude of a lander by comparing Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) data and image data collected from a descending lander with pre-built reference data. In this paper, we present a method for generating descent dataset and extracting landmarks, which are key elements for developing TRN technologies to be used on Mars. The proposed method generates IMU data of a descending lander using a simulated Mars landing trajectory and generates descent images from high-resolution ortho-map and digital elevation map through a ray tracing technique. Landmark extraction is performed by an area-based extraction method due to the low-textured surfaces on Mars. In addition, search area reduction is carried out to improve matching accuracy and speed. The performance evaluation result for the descent dataset generation method showed that the proposed method can generate images that satisfy the imaging geometry. The performance evaluation result for the landmark extraction method showed that the proposed method ensures several meters of positioning accuracy while ensuring processing speed as fast as the feature-based methods.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.96-107
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• 2014

Korea Aerospace Research Institute has a plan to launch experimental lunar orbiter in 2017, and lunar orbiter and lander in 2020. In the mission planning phase, LOI(Lunar Orbit Insertion) maneuver strategy should be designed using finite burn model because on-board propulsion system of lunar orbiter in finite burn type. LOI maneuver plan and amount of required ${\Delta}V$ using finite burn model depend on the spacecraft attitude at burn, a type of propellant, thrust level and burn timing. This paper describes the LOI maneuver of lunar orbiter of foreign space agency and then comes up with the LOI maneuver plan of Korean lunar orbiter. Adequate thrust level and burn duration of Korean lunar orbiter also present by performing simulation.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.156.2-156.2
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• 2012

국내의 우주개발진흥기본 계획에 의거하여 2020년 달 궤도선을 시작으로 2025년에는 달착륙선을 개발하여 달탐사에 참여하는 계획이 수립되었다. 달 탐사선이 발사되어 궤도에 진입하면 지상의 기지국과 명령/상태신호로 통신한다. 이러한 무선통신은 국제기구에서 제시된 주파수 스펙트럼을 기준으로 선정되어야 외부 시스템에 영향을 주거나 간섭을 받지 않는 안정적으로 무선통신을 수행할 수 있다. 주파수 스펙트럼 확보는 중요하여 달 탐사선이 발사되는 최소 7년 전부터 필요 주파수 대역을 선정하여 국제기구에 등록하여 허가를 받아야 한다. 본 논문에서는 앞으로 발사하게 되는 달 탐사선이 운용할 수 있는 주파수 대역 선정에 적절한 자료를 제공하기 위해 국제전기통신(ITU) 우주응용분야 보고서를 참조하여 Deep space 주파수 대역별 성능을 비교한 내용을 제시하였다.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.93-103
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• 2007

3차원의 공간을 비행하는 항공기의 항행은 조종사가 직접 지상의 지형지물을 참조하며 비행하는 시각비행과 지상의 항행안전시설로부터 무선신호를 받아 비행하는 계기비행으로 구분되어 발전되었다. 현재 계기비행을 수행하기 위한 계기비행절차 수립에 기반이 되는 항행안전무선시설은 기존의 VOR(VHF Omni-directional Range), ILS(Instrument Landing System) 등의 지상기반 항행안전무선시설에서 GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System)를 이용한 위성기반 항행으로 전환을 목표로 하고 있으며 항행체제 또한 기존의 Fix to Fix 항행체제에서 RNAV(Area Navigation) 체제로 전환되고 있는 추세이다. 계기비행절차는 항공기가 활주로를 이륙하여 항로로 진입하기 위한 계기출발절차(SID), 항로절차(Enroute), 항로에서 목적 공항의 지정된 활주로에 설정된 접근절차(Approach)로 인도하는 도착절차(STAR), 지정된 활주로에 착륙하기 위한 접근절차로 구분될 수 있으며 본문에서는 GNSS를 기반으로 하는 RNAV 절차(RNAVGNSS)에 대한 개괄적인 소개, 설계요건 및 RNAVGNSS 계기비행절차를 성공적으로 이행하기 위한 절차이행모델, RNAVGNSS 절차 수립에 중요하게 고려해야할 사항 등에 대하여 소개하도록 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.12
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• pp.997-1010
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• 2021

This study collected and analyzed flight data of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle. All missions were classified by orbital types, such as Polar, SSO, ISS, LEO and GTO missions. In characteristic maneuvers of main engine cutoff, boostback, reentry and landing burn at each stage of 1st stage launch vehicle, changes of the physical parameters like speed, altitude, dynamic pressure and acceleration were investigated. The guidelines derived from detailed maneuver analysis were suggested, which can be used as design and evaluation references for developing reusable launch vehicle.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.254-261
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• 2024

Accurate guidance during landing and take-off is important, and instrument landing system (ILS) has been used for stability and verification. Regular inspections are conducted for stable operation, and there is research to perform inspection using drones in addition to ground vehicles and measurement aircraft. Using SDR and single board computer, which can receive wide frequency range, we designed a small system that receives and processes localizer signals through GNU Radio. To check signal processing characteristics through GNU Radio, we simulated with MATLAB Simulink and confirmed the theoretical values. Difference in depth of modulation (DDM) and approach angle can be calculated when the aircraft enters the runway. And GNU Radio implemented real-time signal processing wirelessly using transmission control protocol (TCP). This gives the results within the error of 0.5% when the aircraft entered the runway center line and 0.27% for the angle of 1° degree. Compared to the inspecting and maintaining ILS signals using aircraft or ground vehicles, it is possible to implement a receiving system using small SDR that can be mounted for drone.