• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.166.2-166.2
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• 2012

국내에서 개발한 고기동 저궤도 위성이 일본 다네가시마 우주센터에서 2012년 5월 18일 발사되었다. 자세제어계는 위성의 임무수행을 완수할 수 있도록 발사 후부터 위성 수명 기간 동안 자세명령을 생성하고 제어 및 결정을 하며, 궤도 조정과 모멘텀 덤핑등의 임무를 수행한다. 이러한 임무 수행을 가능하게 하기 위해 자세제어계는 적절한 센서와 구동기 조합을 사용하여 추력기 기반 안전모드, 궤도 조정을 위한 Del-V Burn 기동 모드, 태양지향 서브모드 및 목표지향 서브모드 등을 설계했다. 고기동 위성의 초기 운용 중 자세제어계는 자세제어계 하드웨어의 초기 구동 및 점검을 수행하고 설계한 각 모드의 기능과 성능 확인을 수행하게 된다. 본 연구는 성공적으로 완료한 자세제어계 하드웨어의 초기 점검 결과를 소개하는 것이 목적이다. 초기 운용은 위성이 발사된 직후 탑재컴퓨터가 깨어나면서부터 시작되는데, 발사 후 최초 접속시 추력기 기반 안전모드에서 태양 획득 성능 및 제어 성능을 확인한 후 정상 상태 모드인 태양지향 자세로 전환하기 위해 자세제어계 하드웨어인 별 추적기, 자기토커, 반작용휠의 초기 구동 및 점검을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 각 하드웨어의 초기 구동 점검과 성능 및 기능 요구조건 만족에 대한 성능 분석 결과를 정리하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.111-114
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• 2009

A catalyst ignitor of small thrust engine using hydrogen peroxide and kerosene was designed and fabricated, which confirmed mass flow rate for design pressure through the water cold-flow test in this study. In order to investigate ignition performance, it was changed that mixture ratio for kerosene mass flow rate in a position which heat of hydrogen peroxide decomposition comes to a steady state. And we confirmed stable ignition property in a wide range of mixture ratio.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.100-100
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• 2003

다목적실용위성 1호의 자세제어는 추력기를 이용한 방법과 반작용 휠을 이용한 방법으로 나눌 수 있다. 추력기를 이용한 방법은 위성이 안전모드에 진입하거나 궤도조정시 이용되며, 정상 운영모드에서 촬영임무를 수행할 때는 반작용 휠을 이용하여 위성의 자세를 제어하고 있다. 자세제어는 제로 모멘텀 바이어스(Zero Momentum Bias)를 이용하여 3축 제어방식을 사용하고 있다. 지구센서(CES, Conical Earth Sensor)와 자이로(Gyro)를 통하여 얻은 자세정보를 이용하여 위성의 탑재컴퓨터에서 제어로직을 수행하면 MDE(Motor Drive Electronic)를 통해 모멘텀을 입력받아 반작용 휠의 회전속도를 변화 시켜 자세제어를 수행한다. 본 논문은 위성의 임무기간 동안 반작용 휠을 이용하여 자세제어를 수행한 결과를 바탕으로 위성의 제로 모멘텀 바이어스를 통한 자세제어계의 변화를 분석하여 향후 연장 임무기간 동안 발생할 수 있는 운영상의 문제점을 확인하고, 이에 대한 조치 방법과 자세제어계의 운영 방안을 제시하고 한다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.468-472
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• 2003

MRE-1 dual thruster module(DTM) which will be installed to the present under development KOMPSAT(Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite) can provide reliable and cost-effective means of propulsive control for attitude and maneuvering control system. Thruster heat shield, one of the main components of DTM, is designed to intercept the radiative heat exchange between thruster and satellite during firing. The inside diameter of the current configuration will be decreased a little compared with that of the previous one due to manufacturing method change. Therefore, the possibility of interference between thruster and heat shield due to configuration change is investigated through structural analysis and their results are described in this paper.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.137-139
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• 2004

The monopropellant hydrazine thrusters are widely used for the satellite on-board propulsion system fulfilling various missions in space. They have outstanding features caused by the nearly unlimited restart capability and the very high credibility. The sole monopropellant thruster used at precent in nation is MRE-1 that is a standard component of NASA. It can produce 4.45 N of nominal thrust. Due to the glowing complexity with a satellite mission, the needs for thrusters of the diverse performance are being increased. The numerical simulation could give useful information to develop a new type thruster instead of the experiments performed previously. Therefore it is critical to make a reliable computer code to prepare design change of a thruster. In this paper, the performance analysis and validation of the satellite monopropellant hydrazine thruster currently used is accomplished as the preliminary study to serve valuable data for future design change.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.45-48
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• 2007

Vacuum facility is required for high altitude space environment test to develop small thruster. We, at Chungnam National University, developed vacuum test facility up to $10^{-5}$ torr to simulate 100${\sim}$120 km altitude environment. In this paper, we present some preliminary performance test results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.175-178
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• 2007

The mode transition from cone-jet to dripping in colloid thruster operation has been analytically investigated. The transition has been predicted by the dynamic behavior of a liquid drop at the tip of the cone-jet. Conservation laws are applied to determine the upward motion of the drop, and an instability model of electrified jets is used to determine the jet breakup. Finally, for the first time, the analysis enables prediction of the transition in terms of the Weber number and electric Bond number. The predictions are in good agreement with experimental data.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.1280-1285
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• 2004

Microsystem technology has been applied to space technology and became one of the enabling technology by which low cost and high efficiency are achievable. Micro propulsion system is a key technology in the miniature satellite because micro satellite requires very small and precise thrust force for maneuvering and attitude control. In this paper research on micro solid propellant thruster is reported. Micro solid propellant thruster has four basic components; micro combustion chamber, micro nozzle, solid propellant and micro igniter. In this research igniter, solid propellant and combustion chamber are focused. Micro igniter was fabricated through typical micromachining and evaluated. The characteristic of solid propellant was investigated to observe burning characteristic and to obtain burning velocity. Change of thrust force and the amount of energy loss following scale down at micro combustion chamber were estimated by numerical simulation based on empirical data and through the calculation normalized specific impulses were compared to figure out the efficiency of combustion chamber.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.12a
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• pp.145-148
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• 2006

In order to design a micro-thruster which controls the altitude of a space vehicle for a very long lifetime, the flow field should be analyzed considering the nozzle geometry and the difference between stagnation and environmental pressures and so on. This paper describes the axisymmetric non-reacted computational results which were carried out to understand the basic flow phenomena according to the high nozzle pressure ratio. The area ratio is about 56 and the diameter of a nozzle exit is about 0.46 inch. The Mach cell and waves are predicted well.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.292-295
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• 2004

Firing performance test of hydrazine decomposition catalyst which is used in mono-propellant thruster of satellite and launcher was peformed. Equipment for catalyst test was developed and with this equipment reaction delay time, catalyst activity, granule stability of the catalyst firing performance was measured and analyzed.