• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
• /
• v.2 no.1
• /
• pp.48-55
• /
• 2007

The system requirement definition, system configuration, major parameters for GNSS ground station development are presented in this paper. GNSS ground station system consists of the GNSS sensor station, up link station and monitoring & control system. The GNSS sensor station consists of navigation receiver subsystem which process the GPS and Galileo navigation signal, automic clock subsystem, meteorological data receiving subsystem and navigation data processing subsystem. To communicate the error correction of navigation fate, GNSS sensor station interface with GNSS Control Center.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
• /
• v.54 no.8
• /
• pp.482-485
• /
• 2005

STSAT-2 is first satellite which is scheduled to launch by first Korea launcher. Ground station Baseband Controller(GBC) for operating STSAT-2 is now developing. GBC control data flow path between satellite operation computers and ground station antennas and count number of received data packets among demodulated audio signals from three antennas and also set data flow path to good-receiving antenna automatically In GBC two uplink FSK modulators(1.2kbps, 9.6kbps) and six downlink FSK demodulators(9.6kbps, 38.4kbps) are embedded. STSAT-2 GBC hardware is more simpler than STSAT-1 GBC by using FPGA in which all digital logic implemented. Now test and debugging of GBC hardware and Software(FPGA Code and CBC Manager Program) is well progressing in SaTReC, KAIST. This paper introduce GBC structure, functions and test results.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
• /
• 2005.05a
• /
• pp.116-118
• /
• 2005

STSAT-2 is first satellite which is scheduled to launch by first Korea launcher. After launch Ground station Baseband Controller(GBC) for operating STSAT-2 is now developing. GBC control data flow path between satellite operation computers and ground station antennas. and GBC count number of received data packets among demodulated audio signals from three antennas and set data flow path to good-receiving antenna automatically. In GBC two uplink FSK modulators(1.2kbps, 9.6kbps) and six downlink FSK demodulators(9.6kbps, 38.4kbps) are embedded. STSAT-2 GBC hardware is more simpler than STSAT-1 GBC by using FPGA in which all digital logic implemented. Now test and debugging of GBC hardware and Software(FPGA Code and GBC Manager Program) is well progressing in SaTReC, KAIST. This paper introduce GBC structure, functions and test results.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
• /
• v.15 no.5
• /
• pp.113-128
• /
• 2021

In this paper, we present a simple ground receiving station as an educational method for a satellite system. Our system is produced similarly to the existing fixed ground station in terms of function by using satellite communication technology and related software commonly used in the amateur radio field. In addition, we conducted operation test to receive signals from operating satellites and confirmed the possibility of using them as a way to educate satellite systems, such as understanding ground station systems through satellite reception experience and satellite state information acquisition, and further designing satellite systems.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
• /
• v.1 no.2
• /
• pp.45-50
• /
• 2006

A satellite and ground stations which are developed in a program are tested whether the interface between the satellite and ground is well established before satellite operations. These compatibility tests are performed when the satellite is connected with the ground stations after all satellite and ground stations requirements are verified. The content of the RF compatibility test is to check whether the interface requirements which are described on the Interface Control Document are well developed. During the early operation phase and tentative contingency operations of the satellite, KARI ground station uses other oversea ground stations which are located worldwide according to contract between the KARI and the contractor. Since oversea ground stations were not developed for the designated space program, system integrator should check whether the oversea ground stations are satisfied with interface requirements. Using the RF suitcase, RF interface and the content of RF communication can directly be verified during RF compatibility test on oversea ground station without KARI ground station's support. The RF compatibility test using RF suitcase was performed oversea ground stations as well as KARI ground station located on Korea. The content of RF compatibility test was standardized in order to be used at any oversea ground stations, especially fitted for the operations concept of launch and early operations phase. The test content would be RF characteristics, protocol, command loop test, telemetry loop test, and ground station interface test.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
• /
• 1996.06a
• /
• pp.39-43
• /
• 1996

This paper presents the designing scheme of the duplexer for ground station using rectangular waveguide. The duplexer consists of 2-channel bandpass filters having asymmetrical inductive window and inductive post obstacles, coupled with H-plane Apertured-coupled junction, and operating in the frequency ranges of 14.5∼14.8GHz and 11.7∼12.0 GHz which are the DBS up/downlink for the domestic Ku-band ground station.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
• /
• 2016.05a
• /
• pp.297-300
• /
• 2016

The typical Differential Global Navigation Satellite System service of South Korea is the Ground Based Differential GNSS service. South Korea building the Satellite-Based Augmentation System for GNSS to expand the Differential GNSS service. The satellite-based differential GNSS serive is called the SBAS(Satellite Based Augmentation System). The SBAS reference station on ground should be installed to operate the SBAS service alike the ground based augmentation system. That SBAS reference station can be installed with ground based DGNSS reference station. To make the SBAS reference station combined with the ground based DGNSS reference station, DGNSS system should be connected to NovAtel's G-III receiver. In this paper, the DGNSS software reference station's software module architecture was changed and G-III interface module was designed to use the G-III receiver.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
• /
• v.3 no.2
• /
• pp.83-90
• /
• 2014

In this study, to improve an existing ground-wave based time broadcasting system, a study that predicts the field distribution and field strength of the transmitted signal of a new ground-wave based time broadcasting system was performed. The prediction area was assumed to be the Korean peninsula; and to reflect the mountainous terrain of the Korean peninsula in the prediction of the variations of field distribution and field strength, a new prediction method based on the Monteath model was proposed and utilized. As field distribution changes depending on the position of a transmitter station, potential sites for the transmitter station were selected considering the geographical characteristics. In this regard, the ground conductivity information of North Korea cannot be obtained, and thus, the ground conductivity of the North Korean region was reflected considering the geological characteristics of South Korea and North Korea. Based on this, the variations of field distribution and field strength were predicted by setting the Korean peninsula as the prediction area, and the prediction results depending on the position of the transmitter station were discussed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
• /
• 2003.07a
• /
• pp.293-295
• /
• 2003

KEPCO's high voltage distribution power line laid under the ground near to the J-booster pumping station that supply water for living. Lightening rod equipment does not installed at the J-booster pumping station because KEPCO's over head ground wire for protection functions as a lightening rod equipment. In this study, it is concerned whether KEPCO's over head ground wire for protect the distribution power line affect to the J-booster pumping station which is installed for reduce the damage from the direct and indirect lightening. If KEPCO's protection area does not affect to the J-pumping station, it is plan to examine the construction method of lightening rod protection angle and lightening rod equipment and to suggest the optimum protection plan using the surrounding structure based on the suitability of protection area.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
• /
• v.12 no.2
• /
• pp.1-6
• /
• 2013

A LEO satellite transmits recorded images to a ground station using an X-band antenna during contact. The X-band antenna points to the ground station according to a TPF (tracking parameter file) during communication time. A TPF generation software generates azimuth and elevation profile which make the antenna point to the ground station using satellite orbit and attitude information and mission information including recording and downlink operation. When the satellite passes above the ground station, azimuth velocity increases rapidly so that jitter may occur if the azimuth velocity is in specific range. In case of realtime mission in which the satellite perform recording and downlink simultaneously, azimuth velocity must be lower than specific value to prevent image blur due to jitter effect. The method to point one virtual ground station has limitation of azimuth velocity reduction. In this paper, we propose the azimuth fixing method to reduce azimuth velocity of X-band antenna. The experimental results show that azimuth velocity of the X-band antenna is remarkably reduced using proposed method.