• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.432-439
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• 2015

MEMS solid thruster module is composed of solid thruster and its control board. It was developed for the purpose of an academic research. Therefore, thermo-mechanical design and verification for space usage were not considered in the design phase. To mount it on a cube satellite without any design modification, technical efforts at the system level structure design is required. In this study, we proposed a structural design concept to mount the MEMS thruster module by using brackets for guaranteeing structure safety under launch loads and easier mating and de-mating of MEMS thruster module during test phase. The effectiveness of the design has been verified through structural analysis and vibration test. In addition, electrical connection method using spring pins between MEMS thruster and control board is effective for guaranteeing the structural safety under launch vibration loads.

• 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.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.188-194
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• 2006

This paper deals with the development of Engineering Model for the TCU( Thruster Control Unit) and simulation system of the reaction control system using cold gas. TCU communicates with TLM(Telemetry) and ground control console so that it transmits monitoring data of pressures and temperatures for reaction control system. The cpu/communication board performs MIL-STD-1553B communication, RS-422 communication, data input/output processing and program loading to EEPROM. We applied Intel 80386DX Microprocessor, 256Kbytes EEPROM and 256Kbytes SRAM for program storage and execution. Also, we developed the direct access interface circuit to EEPROM and simulation system for TCU.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.30-30
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• 1998

다목적 실용위성의 자세 제어용으로 장착되는 하이드라진 단일 추진제 추력기의 연소성능 특성을 살펴보았다. 일차적으로, 연소기내의 화학 평형 계산을 통하여 하이드라진 연소 생성물인 암모니아의 분해율과 초기 엔탈피 수준에 따른 추력기의 성능 특성을 살펴보았다. 다음 순서로, 연소기 내의 비평형 화학 반응 계산을 통하여 연소진행 시간에 화학 조성 및 성능 특성을 살펴 볼 수 있었으며, 최종적으로, 점성 및 비점성, 동결 및 비평형 화학 반응 해석에 따른 성능 특성 변화를 살펴보았다. 본 연구 결과로부터 각 작동 변수에 따른 추격기 성능 특성의 변화를 이해할 수 있었으며, 이는 단일 추진제 추력기 연소실의 구성, 설계 및 추력기의 운용 조건 설정에 중요한 자료로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.780-789
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• 2008

A new method for measuring the performance of a micro-thruster is suggested in this paper. A few thrust stands have been developed for measuring micro-level thrusts. This paper describes a different measurement method that can minimize the calibration involved in the measurements, while providing the capability of directly measuring the produced minimum impulse bit directly. The underlying theory and the theoretical background for the measurement mechanism are described here. The theory and method is verified using a computer simulation, and the result is given in this paper. The theory has also been tested on an actual hardware. Although this hardware is a prototype, developed for proof-of-concept analysis, satisfactory results have been obtained.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.298-302
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• 2009

Low power Hall thruster is under development as one of the core technologies for STSAT-3. The Hall thruster has several advantages such as its simple structure, high thrust density and specific impulse etc. Development target values deduced by analyzing requirements are consumed electrical power, thrust, thrust efficiency, and specific impulse of < 300 W, > 10 mN, ~ 35%, and > 1000 s, respectively. In order to achieve the target specifications, two prototype Hall thrusters were developed and compared. To date, thrust and efficiency are 11 mN and 37% under the total power of 290 W with 0.97 mg/s Xe propellent supply.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.19-22
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• 2009

Design and performance evaluation of $H_2O_2$ monopropellant thrusters to be used at attitude control of space launch vehicles were presented in this paper. Flight model thrusters were designed after two reactors for 100, 250 Newton were conformed at engineering model. Each thruster was evaluated by measurement of characteristic velocity, thrust, specific impulse, and pulse response times.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.195-207
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• 2012

This paper deals with attitude controller design and integrated performance tests on the nitrogen gas reaction control system of KSLV-I. Some major factors which are necessarily required in designing a stabilizing controller of reaction control system are investigated, and the corresponding equations are given. Experimental configurations and test conditions for system level integrated performance tests of the KSLV-I nitrogen gas reaction control system are summarized. It is shown that, based on the experimental data, operational performances of nitrogen gas reaction control system can be analyzed in terms of gas consumption, thrusting force, time delay, and specific impulse. It is also shown that a conformance of the controller to flight can be evaluated. Finally the onboard controller of KSLV-I reaction control system is shown to perform normally with enough stability margin via the first flight test result.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.3-3
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• 2000

저추진력 추력기라는 것은 추력이 수 N 정도, 노즐출구직경이 수 mm 정도의 소형추력기를 의미하며, 주로 인공위성을 비롯한 우주 비행체의 자세제어, 궤도천이 등의 목적을 위해 사용된다. 따라서, 저추진력 추력기의 일반적인 작동환경은 연속체 영역, 천이영역(transition flow regime), 희박영역(rarefied flow regime)을 모두 포함하므로, 기존의 연속체 유체역학에서 사용되는 Navier-Stokes 방정식을 사용할 수 없고, 분자들의 미시적인 움직임과 내부 에너지 분포를 고려한 Boltzmann 방정식을 이용한 해석을 수행하여야 한다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.490-495
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• 2009

A small Hall-effect thruster with a thrust range near 10 mN and a specific impulse of about 1500 s has been designed to control or maintain the orbits of small satellites. The thruster system consists of a hall-effect thruster head, a power processing unit and a Xenon (Xe) gas feed system. The total mass, the consumed electric power and the efficiency of the thruster are approximately 10 kg, 300W and 30%, respectively. Analyses results that support the selection of the thruster for small satellites are provided along with a brief description of the thruster system.