• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.375-379
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• 2008

In this paper, a 10N class liquid propellant rocket utilizing a dissolving reaction of hydrogen peroxide is constructed and tested. Through a series of designs, seven orifices with a diameter of 200 ${\mu}m$ and a nozzle with a neck of 2.5mm in diameter and area ratio of 2.56 were made. The platinum coated on Isolite was used for catalyst. 90wt% peroxide pressed at 20 bar by nitrogen gas was used for performance evaluation. The length of the catalyst bed and the load of platinum was taken as the parameters for this experiment. For the catalyst support length of 4cm loaded on 5wt% platinum, satisfactory $c^*$ efficiency and stable thrust was observed. The light weight body of the rocket was composed of aluminum. Rocket rose about 10m with relatively constant velocity in launching test.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.293-304
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• 2002

This paper describes the re-design and the calibration results of the MAG digital circuit onboard the KSR-3. We enhanced the sampling rate of magnetometer data. Also, we reduced noise and increased authoritativeness of data. We could confirm that AIM resolution was decreased less than InT of analog calibration by a digital calibration of magnetometer. Therefore, we used numerical-program to correct this problem. As a result, we could calculate correction and error of data. These corrections will be applied to magnetometer data after the launch of KSR-3.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.148.2-148.2
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• 2012

2차 대전 이후 미국과 소련의 우주 경쟁으로 인해 로켓엔진에 대한 많은 발전이 이루어졌고 그 결과 새로운 엔진 사이클과 많은 종류의 추진제가 개발되었다. 냉전 후 많은 ICBM이 민간용으로 개조되었지만 대부분의 민간용 발사체는 연료로 케로신과 액체수소를 사용하고 있다. 아폴로 계획까지 우주개발 초창기에는 미, 소 양국 모두 케로신 엔진을 주축으로 사용하였으나 우주왕복선의 시대가 도래한 이후 미국에서는 수소엔진을 주력으로 사용하였다. 그러나 현재 우주왕복선이 퇴역한 이후 러시아의 도움을 받아 개발 혹은 수입된 케로신 엔진이 델타와 아틀라스에 사용되고 있다. 또한 최초의 민간발사체인 팰콘에도 멀린이라는 케로신 엔진이 적용되었다. 수소엔진 이후에 새로이 개발되고 있는 메탄엔진은 아직 실용화에는 이르지 못하였기 때문에 적어도 당분간은 케로신 엔진이 로켓엔진 분야를 선도할 것으로 보인다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.13-13
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• 1992

온 국민이 지켜보는 가운데 우리나라 국적을 가진 최초의 인공위성인 우리별 1호가 지난 8월11일 아리안 로켓에 실려 성공적으로 발사되었다. 1957년 인류최초의 인공위성 스프트닉 1호가 발사 된지 실로 35년만의 쾌거로, 우리도 늦었지만 우주시대의 막을 열게 된 것이다. 내년의 대전 엑스포 기념으로 우리별 2호가 발사될 계획이며, 1995년에는 우리나라 통신 위성 무궁화호가 발사된다. 이렇든 우리도 이제 우주과학 기술 분야에 본격적으로 관심을 가지게 되었다고 볼수 있으며, 앞으로의 우주개발에 있어서, 후발국의 입장에서 가장 효울적이며, 성과를 극대화 할 수 있는 우주개발 체제를 갖출 필요가 있다. 이 논문에서는 우주개발의 의의와 필요성에 대해서 논한 뒤, 우리나라의 우주과학 기술 분야의 현황과 우주기술 선진국들의 우주개발 동향을 파악하고, 이들을 기반으로 우리나라의 우주개발 체제를 확립하기 위한 우주기술 정책에 대하여 논하기로 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.7
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• pp.91-97
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• 2004

The first Korean liquid propellant rocket KSR-III successfully finished its flight test on Nov. 28, 2002. Herein, we summarize the results of range safety system operation which is employed for the first time in flight tests of rockets developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI). During the flight, safety-critical flight data including instantaneous impact points are monitored in realtime by range safety officers utilizing Range Safety Display Systems. The recorded screen of the display system is presented for the explanation of safety operation. In addition, comparisons are made between onboard navigation system based and radar based results in calculating instantaneous impact points, and also errors from the finally recorded impact point are described.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.311-318
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• 2004

It is required to design the RF link with sufficiently stable signal margin to minimize bit errors and improve the quality of received data in the telemetry system modulated digitally like PCM/FM. In case of the vehicle flying at a high speed, the variation of the gain pattern between transmitting and receiving antenna and the fee space loss due to flight distance cause the fluctuation of link. In this paper, KSR(Korea Sounding Rocket)- III, the first domestic liquid rocket which was successfully launched in Nov. 2002 is introduced. The SNR(signal-to-noise ratio) variation of the telemetry signal which was measured at S-band ground station, the one which was simulated considering the flight trajectory, and the attitude variation such as roll, pitch and yaw are compared, analyzed, and agree very well. In addition, two virtual flying situations are simulated and evaluated-only one antenna is equipped in one case, and rocket is roll-free in the other.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.38-45
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• 2007

A liquid rocket engine fuel-rich gas generator has been developed for the first time in the country, which can produce combustion gas over the rate of 4 kg/s at 900 K and 58 bar. The gas is not only for driving a turbopump but also for providing heat source for propellant supply tanks. The final design of the gas generator had been fixed based on the concept and preliminary development tests, and was validated through structure and heat transfer analysis. The manufacturing involved precision machining, surface finish, and special welding technique. The final assessment on the characteristics of ignition and combustion had been carried out for two different versions of injector heads. This concluded that the present product satisfies the development requirements such as spatial temperature distribution and the development has been successful.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.181-185
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• 2006

A liquid rocket fuel-rich gas generator developed for the first time in the country can produce combustion gas over the rate of 4 kg/s at 900 K and 58 bar. The gas can be used not only for driving a turbopump but also for providing heat source for propellant supply tanks. The final design of the gas generator has been fixed based on the concept and preliminary development tests, and was validated through structure and heat transfer analysis. The manufacturing involves precision machining, special surface finish, and welding techniques. The final assessment on the characteristics of ignition and combustion had been carried out through five combustion tests. This concluded that the present product satisfies the development requirements.

• Atmosphere
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.489-497
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• 2012

Recently released a top secret document explicitly shows that the early development plan for an earth observation satellite in the USA has a hidden and more important purpose for a concept of 'free space' than the scientific purpose. At that time, the hidden and secret concept imbedded within the early space development plan prevail other national policies of the USA government for purpose of the national security. Under these circumstances, it is quite reasonable to accept a possibility that the meteorological satellites which play a key role in the every area of meteorology and climatology was also born for the hidden purposes. Even it is so, it is quite amazing that the first meteorological satellite is launched in the USA despite of the facts that the major users of the meteorological satellites were not very enthusiastic with the meteorological satellite and the program was not started as a formal meteorological satellite project. This was only possible because of the external socio-political impact caused by the successful launch of the Russian Sputnik satellite and a few key policy developers who favored the meteorological satellite program. It is also interesting to note that the beginning of the first Korean meteorological satellite program was initiated by a similar socio-political influence occurred by the launch of a North Korean satellite.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.96-96
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• 2003

우주발사체라 함은 지구상의 물체를 우주, 즉 지구의 중력이 영향을 미치지 못하는 대기권 밖으로 운반하는 수단을 말한다. 이를 위해 다양한 추진방식이 제안되었고 연구되고 있으나 현재까지 실용화 된 것은 화학연료를 연소시킴으로 인해 발생하는 추진력으로 지구 중력을 이겨내는 방식이다. 또한 발사체 구성에서 추진기관분야는 전체 성능을 좌우할 정도로 큰 비중을 차지하고 있다. 따라서 이에 대한 최적화 및 성능 검증은 필수적이다. 추진기관에 대한 성능 검증기법은 우주발사체 기술이 발달해 옴에 따라 해석적 방법, 비 연소 모사시험 등 다양하게 제시되고 있으나, 우주발사체용 추진기관의 연소현상을 예측 및 모사하는 것이 쉽지 않고 구축된 데이터가 적기 때문에 발사체 개발 단계의 최종 검증 차원에서 연소시험을 실시하는 것이 일반적이다. 한국 최초의 우주발사체라 평가되고 있는 KSR-III 로켓의 경우에도 다양한 해석기법과 모사시험을 통해서 성능 예측을 하였으나, 역시 최종 성능 검증을 위해 10여회의 연소시험을 실시하였다. 본 논문을 통해 저자는 KSR-III 개발과정에서 수행된 10회의 연소시험의 수행 과정과 결과를 기술, 정리 및 평가하여 향후 진행될 우주발사체 개발 사업의 기초로 삼고자 한다.