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Performance Analysis of Scalar Adaptive Filter for Formation Flying (정렬비행을 위한 적응 스칼라 필터의 성능 분석)

  • Lim, Jun-Kyu;Park, Chan-Gook;Lee, Dal-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.455-461
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, the performance of a scalar filter and a scalar adaptive filter are analyzed. In order to make indoor experimental environment similar to outdoor test, ultrasonic sensors are used instead of GPS. The scalar adaptive filter, which is continuously estimating velocity error covariance and measurement noise covariance by using adaptive method, is different from the scalar filter. Experimental results show that the scalar adaptive filter has better position estimating performance than the scalar filter by estimating above two parameters with an adaptive method.

Determination of Initial Conditions for Tetrahedral Satellite Formation

  • Yoo, Sung-Moon;Park, Sang-Young
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.285-290
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    • 2011
  • This paper presents an algorithm that can provide initial conditions for formation flying at the beginning of a region of interest to maximize scientific mission goals in the case of a tetrahedral satellite formation. The performance measure is to maximize the quality factor that affects scientific measurement performance. Several path constraints and periodicity conditions at the beginning of the region of interest are identified. The optimization problem is solved numerically using a direct transcription method. Our numerical results indicate that there exist an optimal configuration and states of a tetrahedral satellite formation. Furthermore, the initial states and algorithm presented here may be used for reconfiguration maneuvers and fuel balancing problems.

Wake Shapes Behind Wings in Close Formation Flight Near the Ground

  • Han Cheolheui;Cho Leesang;Cho Jinsoo
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.674-681
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    • 2005
  • The unsteady evolution of trailing vortex sheets behind wings in close formation flight near the ground is simulated using a discrete vortex method. The ground effect is included by an image method. The method is validated by comparing computed results with other numerical results. For a lifting line with an elliptic loading, the ground has an effect of moving wingtip vortices laterally outward and suppressing the development of vortex evolution. The gap between wings in close formation flight has an effect of moving up wingtip vortices facing each other. For wings flying in parallel, the ground effect causes the wingtip vortices facing each other to move up, and it makes the opposite wing tip vortices to move laterally outward. When there is a relative height between the wings in ground effect, right-hand side wingtip vortices from a mothership move laterally inward.

Efficient Fusion Method to Recognize Targets Flying in Formation (편대비행 표적식별을 위한 효과적인 ISAR 영상 합성 방법)

  • Kim, Min;Kang, Ki-Bong;Jung, Joo-Ho;Kim, Kyung-Tae;Park, Sang-Hong
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.27 no.8
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    • pp.758-765
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    • 2016
  • This paper proposes a novel method for the recognition of the inverse synthetic aperture radar(ISAR) image of multiple targets flying in formation. Rather than separating the ISAR image of each target, the proposed method combines an ISAR image obtained by fusing the ISAR images in the training database. Fusion is conducted by optimizing the non-linear problem whose parameters are the aspect angle and the target location. Assuming that the aspect angle is properly estimated, the proposed method estimates the number of the targets and their locations by optimizing the template matching using PSO. In simulations using the F-16 scale model, the efficiency of the proposed method was demonstrated by yielding the ISAR image identical to that of targets in formation.

Optimization of Space Debris Collision Avoidance Maneuver for Formation Flying Satellites

  • Seong, Jae-Dong;Kim, Hae-Dong
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.291-298
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    • 2013
  • The concept of the satellite formation flight is area where it is actively study with expandability and safety compare to existing satellite. For execution of duty with more safety issue, it needs to consider hot topic of space debris for operation of formation flight. In this paper, it suggests heuristic algorithm to have avoidance maneuver for space debris towards operating flight formation. Indeed it covers, using common software, operating simulation to nearest space environment and not only to have goal of avoidance but also minimizing the usage of fuel and finding optimization for maximizing cycle of formation flight. For improvement on convergence speed of existing heuristic algorithm, it substitute to hybrid heuristic algorithm, PSOGSA, and the result of simulation, it represents the satisfaction of minimum range for successful avoidance maneuver and compare to not using avoidance maneuver, it keeps more than three times of formation maintenance performance. From these, it is meaningful results of showing several success goals like simple avoidance collision and fuel usage and decreasing number of times of maintaining formation maneuver.

Performance Analysis of Generating Function Approach for Optimal Reconfiguration of Formation Flying

  • Lee, Kwangwon;Park, Chandeok;Park, Sang-Young
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 2013
  • The use of generating functions for solving optimal rendezvous problems has an advantage in the sense that it does not require one to guess and iterate the initial costate. This paper presents how to apply generating functions to analyze spacecraft optimal reconfiguration between projected circular orbits. The series-based solution obtained by using generating functions demonstrates excellent convergence and approximation to the nonlinear reference solution obtained from a numerical shooting method. These favorable properties are expected to hold for analyzing optimal formation reconfiguration under perturbations and non-circular reference orbits.

A Prediction Method on the Accelerometer Data of the Formation Flying Low Earth Orbit Satellites Using Neural Network (신경망 모델을 사용한 편대비행 저궤도위성 가속도계 데이터 예측 기법)

  • Kim, Mingyu;Kim, Jeongrae
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.37 no.5_1
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    • pp.927-938
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    • 2021
  • A similar magnitude of non-gravitational perturbations are act on the formation flying low earth orbit satellites with a certain time difference. Using this temporal correlation, the non-gravity acceleration of the low earth orbiting satellites can be transferred for the othersatellites. There is a period in which the accelerometer data of one satellite is unavailable for GRACE and GRACE-FO satellites. In this case, the accelerometer data transplant method described above is officially used to recover the accelerometer data at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). In this paper, we proposed a model for predicting accelerometer data of formation flying low earth orbit satellites using a neural network (NN) model to improve the estimation accuracy of the transplant method. Although the transplant method cannot reflect the satellite's position and space environmental factors, the NN model can use them as model inputs to increase the prediction accuracy. A prediction test of an accelerometer data using NN model was performed for one month, and the prediction accuracy was compared with the transplant method. The NN model outperformsthe transplant method with 55.0% and 40.1% error reduction in the along-track and radial directions, respectively.

Secret Sharing based Node Authentication in FANET (FANET에서의 비밀분산 기반 노드 인증)

  • Yang Ji Hun;Lee Soo Jin
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.25-34
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    • 2022
  • This paper proposes a secret sharing based fast node authentication technique applicable to Flying Ad-Hoc Network (FANET) that can be used to construct self-organized communication network in multi drones and drone squadrons operations. Before deployment, each node stores an exponential share, exponential secret and a portion of PUF CRP table. After being deployed in the field, in the early-stage of network formation, each node broadcasts its ID, exponential share and a hash value of PUF Response and pseudo-random number. Then each node performs a reconstruction of the exponential secret using the exponential shares transmitted from neighboring nodes. When the exponential secret is reconstructed, simultaneous authentication is completed for all nodes that have transmitted the exponential share used in the reconstruction. A node that transmits an incorrect exponential share to disturb the reconstruction of the exponential secret during the authentication process can be detected before performing the reconstruction through the verification of the hash value, and will be excluded from the reconstruction.

A Study on Effective Identification of Targets Flying in Formation ISAR Images (ISAR 영상을 이용한 효과적인 편대비행 표적식별 연구)

  • Cha, Sang-Bin;Choi, In-Oh;Jung, Joo-Ho;Park, Sang-Hong
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 2022
  • Monostatic/Bistatic inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) images are two-dimensional radar cross section (RCS) distributions of a target. When there are many targets in a single radar beam, ISAR images are generated with targets overlapped, so it is difficult to perform the targets identification using the trained database. In addition, it is inefficient to perform target identification using only single monostatic and bistatic ISAR images separately because each method has its own advantages and weaknesses. Therefore, this paper analyzes multiple targets identification performances using monostatic/bistatic ISAR images and proposes a method of identification through fusion of two ISAR images. To identify multiple targets, we use image combination technique using trained single target images. Simulation results show effectiveness of proposed method.