• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.10-16
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• 2009

Recently, the north-pole reception and processing station of KOMPSAT-2 has been installed. KOMPSAT-2 can contact maximum 14 times per a day and download maximum 70 minutes of image data. According to these feature, over 1500 product can be acquired using north-pole station. However, the product order interface of legacy system had been used non-automatic order interface which can cause human-error. In this paper, the automatic order interface, which uses XML format, is described. Using the Product Order Interface, a product can be accurately ordered without any kind of error.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.21-32
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• 2022

The importance of the classical theme of how the Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) and Top-of-Canopy (TOC) reflectance of high-resolution satellite images match the actual atmospheric reflectance and surface reflectance has been emphasized. Based on the Radiometric Calibration Network (RadCalNet) BTCN and BSCN data, this study compared the accuracy of TOA and TOC reflectance products of the currently available optical satellites, including KOMPSAT-3, WorldView-2, and Pléiades-1A image sets calculated using the absolute atmospheric correction function of the Orfeo Toolbox (OTB) tool. The comparison experiment used data in 2018 and 2019, and the Landsat-8 image sets from the same period were applied together. The experiment results showed that the product of TOA and TOC reflectance obtained from the three sets of images were highly consistent with RadCalNet data. It implies that any imagery may be applied when high-resolution reflectance products are required for a certain application. Meanwhile, the processed results of the OTB tool and those by the Apparent Reflection method of another tool for WorldView-2 images were nearly identical. However, in some cases, the reflectance products of Landsat-8 images provided by USGS sometimes showed relatively low consistency than those computed by the OTB tool, with the reference of RadCalNet BTCN and BSCN data. Continuous experiments on active vegetation areas in addition to the RadCalNet sites are necessary to obtain generalized results.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.36 no.5_1
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• pp.775-784
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• 2020

Recent global warming and anthropogenic activities have caused more frequent and massive wildfires with longer durations and more significant damages. MODIS has been monitoring global wildfires for almost 20 years, and GK2A and Himawari-8 are observing the wildfires in East Asia 144 times a day. However, the spatial resolution of 1 to 2 km is not sufficient for the detection of small and medium-size active fires, and therefore the studies on the active fire detection using high-resolution images are essential. However, there is no official product for the high-resolution active fire detection. Hence, we implemented the active fire detection algorithm of Landsat 8 and carried out a high-resolution-based detection of active fires in Australia in 2019, followed by the comparisons with the products of Himawari-8 and MODIS. Regarding the intense fires, the three satellites showed similar results, whereas the weak igniting and extinguishing fires or the fires in narrow areas were detected by only Landsat 8 with a 30m resolution. Small-sized fires, which are the majority in Korea, can be detected by the high-resolution satellites such as Landsat 8, Sentinel-2, Kompsat-3A, and the forthcoming Kompsat-7. Also, a comprehensive analysis together with the geostationary satellites in East Asia such as GK2A, Himawari-8, and Fengyun-3 will help the interoperability and the improvement of spatial and temporal resolutions.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.283-288
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• 2009

Estimations of oil slick area after M/T Herbei Sprit accident in December 2007 were analyzed using ENVITSAT ASAR(Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar) microwave and KOMPSAT-2 of high resolution data. Monthly end short-term variations of chlorophyll a concentration before end after M/T Herbei Sprit oil spill accident were also analyzed using SeaWiFS/MODIS ocean color data. The oil slick areas estimated by KOMPSAT-2 and ASAR satellites were 59,456 $m^2$ and 1,168 $km^2$, respectively. The winds before end after oil spill accident were prevailed the northerly and northwesterly winds, and the strength of wind in this accident was stronger than 10 m/sec. In Taean and Anmeon-do, monthly mean chlorophyll a concentrations(6.3 mg/$m^3$ and 3.7 mg/$m^3$) in January 2008 alter the oil spill were higher than those(2.9 mg/$m^3$ and 2.5 mg/$m^3$) in December 2007. Short-term variations of chlorophyll a in these areas were decreased alter one or two weeks of oil spill.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.58-65
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• 2003

KARI Electrical Test Team performed the SOH (State Of Health) test and Thermal Cycling test for small satellite of KOMPSAT-1 PFM at KARI SITC Highbay as per Storage plan every year, and verified that the system/subsystem units function installed on PFM were good without significant degradation causing from long-term storage. This paper describes the test items, test method, test procedure and selected test result data.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.118-125
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to analyze the ortho image quality change according to the generation technique of Digital Elevation Model(DEM) based on the digital map. First of all, two different types of DEM were generated using contour layer(Case1), contour layer and altitude layer(Case2) from the digital map on the scale of 1/5,000. After generating and evaluating two types of DEM, KOMPSAT-2 ortho images were generated by using them. In conclusion, Case2 DEM was more effective to use in the slope and switchback area, on the other hand, Case1 DEM was much better than Case2 DEM for preventing a topographic distortion in flat area.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.173-176
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• 2002

This report summarizes the results of MODTRAN model that are used for the calculation of input radiance of the KOMPSAT-2 Multispectral Camera (MSC). We have calculated the input radiances for four months: January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15. Annual averages are the arithmetic mean of results from four months. We used the mid-latitude winter and summer for the month of January and July, respectively, while US standard atmospheres are used for April and October. The orbital characteristics of KOMPSAT-2 and the seasonal variations of solar zenith angle over the Korean peninsula were incorporated as inputs to the model. The tropospheric aerosol extinction (visibility = 50 km) was assumed. The surface albedo used in the model calculation represents the global annual mean clear-sky albedo. MSC contract values are found to be considerably greater in the MSC spectral range than the total radiances calculated with the above general conditions. From these results, it can be inferred that the forthcoming MSC images would be somewhat dark. We certainly need a countermeasure for this issue.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2007.03a
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• pp.120-125
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• 2007

다목적실용위성 2호(KOMPSAT-2)는 2006년 7월 28일 러시아 플레세츠크(Plesetsk) 발사장에서 성공적으로 발사되어 현재 초기운영 및 영상 검증과정을 거치며 영상자료를 실제 사용자들에게 배포하기위한 최종 준비 작업이 진행되고 있다. 다목적실용위성 2호는 1m급 의 고해상도 영상을 촬영할 수 있기 때문에 국내외 많은 사용자들의 관심과 요청을 받고 있다. 항우연 우주웅용센터에서는 이상의 요구사항에 대응하기 위하여 영상자료 주문접수 및 배포업무를 담당하는 전담팀 (KOCUST)을 구성하였으며, 국내외 상용배포 대행업체를 선정하는 등 사용자지원 체계구축 업무를 수행하고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 영상자료 요청에서부터 촬영，데이터 생성 그리고 전달까지의 일련의 과정을 체계적으로 정리함으로써 운성운영 과정에 대한 사용자들의 이해를 증진시 키는데 도움이 되고자 한다. 나아가 사용자들이 쉽게 다목적실용위성 2호 영상자료를 검색 및 획득할 수 있는 방법에 대해 논하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.07d
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• pp.2640-2642
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• 2004

일반적으로 위성에 장착된 GPS 수신기는 GPS 위성으로부터 항법 신호를 받아서 위성의 위치, 시간 및 속도 정보를 제공하는 것을 주요 목적으로 하고 있다. 이러한 정보를 근거로 위성의 현재 위치 정보 및 임무 수행을 위한 정보를 유도하게 된다. 2005년 발사예정인 다목적실용위성2호는 GPS수신기에서 나오는 IPPS 신호를 위성체 각 프로세서의 기준시간으로 사용되며 DPLL, FEP 회로 및 운영소프트웨어(FSW)에 의하여 동작된다. 본 논문에서는 다목적실용위성2호(KOMPSAT2, 이하 K2)의 시간동기구조[1,2]에 대한 구조 및 설계에 대한 뿐 아니라 정밀도 분석 및 시험결과등 전 과정에 대한 내용을 기술하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.1001-1007
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• 2013

In the case of multi-mission LEO(Low Earth Orbit) operations, depending on the orbit of each satellite, one ground site is supposed to be communicated with more than two satellites at the same time. On top of that, image data processing system is generally mission-specific and 1:1 backup configuration. For the reason, if ground site has smaller number of antenna than that of satellite, interface with image data processing system would be very complicated. In this paper, considering that two LEO satellites can be operating and image data recording unit in redundancy can be easily plug-in, the implementation of matrix receiving structure is described. This matrix receiving structure has been validated from KOMPSAT-2 and -3(KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-2 and -3) since KOMPSAT-3 was launched in May, 2012. This structure will be applied for the KOMPSAT-3A and -5 through its expandability.