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Magnetic Field Correction Method of Magnetometers in Small Satellites

  • Lee, Seon-Ho;Rhee, Seung-Wu;Ahn, Hyo-Sung
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.36-40
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    • 2003
  • The considered satellite is supposed to operate in the earth-point mode and sun-point mode in accordance with the mission requirements. The magnetic field correction is based on the orbit geometry using a set of measured magnetic field data from the three-axis-magnetometer and its algorithm excludes the earth’s magnetic field model. Moreover, the usefulness of the proposed method is investigated throughout the simulation of KOMPSAT-1.

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An extended study of a spacecraft attitude and orbit control with an insufficient number of thrusters

  • Imado, Fumiaki;Ichikawa, Akira
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1994.10a
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    • pp.232-237
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    • 1994
  • An extended study of optimal thruster combination for simultaneous attitude and orbital maneuvers of a jet-controled spacecraft is conducted. In this case, the spacecraft has not enough number of thrusters to control the rotation and translation separately. Therefore, thrusters are employed by combining to eliminate their coupling effects. The combinations are determined to minimize the fuel consumption. The redundancy study for some thruster failure cases is also presented.

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Study on The Attitude Stabilization Techniques of Leo Satellites

  • Hwan, Lho-Young;Yong, Jung-Kang
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.56.5-56
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    • 2001
  • In the three axis control of satellite by using reaction wheel and gyro, a reaction wheel produces the control torque by the wheel speed or momentum, and a gyro carries out measuring of the attitude angle and the attitude angular velocity In this study, dynamic modelling of the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is consisted of the one from the rotational motion of the satellite with the basic rigid body and a flexible body model, and the gyro in addition to the reaction wheel model. The results obtained by the robust controller are compared with those of the PI (Proportional and Integration) controller which is commonly used for the stabilizing satellite.

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Precise Orbital and Geodetic Parameter Estimation using SLR Observations for ILRS AAC

  • Kim, Young-Rok;Park, Eunseo;Oh, Hyungjik Jay;Park, Sang-Young;Lim, Hyung-Chul;Park, Chandeok
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.269-277
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    • 2013
  • In this study, we present results of precise orbital geodetic parameter estimation using satellite laser ranging (SLR) observations for the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) associate analysis center (AAC). Using normal point observations of LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, and ETALON-2 in SLR consolidated laser ranging data format, the NASA/GSFC GEODYN II and SOLVE software programs were utilized for precise orbit determination (POD) and finding solutions of a terrestrial reference frame (TRF) and Earth orientation parameters (EOPs). For POD, a weekly-based orbit determination strategy was employed to process SLR observations taken from 20 weeks in 2013. For solutions of TRF and EOPs, loosely constrained scheme was used to integrate POD results of four geodetic SLR satellites. The coordinates of 11 ILRS core sites were determined and daily polar motion and polar motion rates were estimated. The root mean square (RMS) value of post-fit residuals was used for orbit quality assessment, and both the stability of TRF and the precision of EOPs by external comparison were analyzed for verification of our solutions. Results of post-fit residuals show that the RMS of the orbits of LAGEOS-1 and LAGEOS-2 are 1.20 and 1.12 cm, and those of ETALON-1 and ETALON-2 are 1.02 and 1.11 cm, respectively. The stability analysis of TRF shows that the mean value of 3D stability of the coordinates of 11 ILRS core sites is 7.0 mm. An external comparison, with respect to International Earth rotation and Reference systems Service (IERS) 08 C04 results, shows that standard deviations of polar motion $X_P$ and $Y_P$ are 0.754 milliarcseconds (mas) and 0.576 mas, respectively. Our results of precise orbital and geodetic parameter estimation are reasonable and help advance research at ILRS AAC.

The Effect of Observing Material on the Phase Change of Moon Considering the Orbits of Earth and Moon (지구와 달의 공전궤도를 고려한 달의 위상 변화 관찰 교구의 효과)

  • Park, Ji-Hyun;Hyun, Dong-Geul;Shin, Ae-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.323-340
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of observing material on the phase change of moon considering the orbits of earth and moon for elementary school students. For this study, the material which shows the orbit of moon tilted at $5^{\circ}$ with the orbit of earth is developed. 110 6th grade students in an elementary school are sampled. They are divided into the experimental group and the control group. The lessons using the material developed in this study are implemented to the experimental group, and the lessons using the material proposed in ordinary textbook are implemented to the control group. The pre, post, delayed concept tests on the phase change of moon are administered to the students of the experimental group and the control group, and semi-structured interviews are conducted for each concept level. According to students' responses, the concept levels are divided into 'Phase recognition', 'Space viewpoint', 'Earth viewpoint', and 'No recognition'. The experimental group and the control group are homogeneous in the pre-test. The result of this study shows that the experimental group gains significantly more scores than the control group in the post and delayed tests. Also, in the post and delayed tests, more students of the experimental group are in the highest level 'Phase recognition' than the control group. Finally, students of the experimental group who were in the 'Phase recognition' and 'Space viewpoint' explain more scientifically than the students of the control group. Therefore the results of this study show that the observing material on the phase change of moon considering the orbits of earth and moon is effective.

LIQUID APOGEE ENGINE BURN PLANS FOR THE KOREASAT-3 (액체추진제를 사용한 무궁화위성 3호의 정지궤도 진입 시뮬레이션)

  • 윤재철;최규홍;김두환;김방엽;김은규
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.427-436
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    • 1998
  • The apogee manoeuvre of $KOREASAT-1{cdot}2{cdot}3$ is basic elliptical orbit transfer converting orbit plane. The KOREASAT-3 is planed for multi-burn manoeuvres using the liquid apogee engine while the $KOREASAT-1{cdot}2$ used the apogee kick motor that executes a single burn in the apogee of transfer orbit using the solid propellant. This study analyzed the multi-burn manoeuvres using the liquid apogee engine and the propellant control method and developed the simulation tools. For the purpose of precise simulation, We designed tools in the basic of orbit propagation software, COWELL5, that was developed by members of Center for Astrodynamics in Yonsei university and the results can be displayed in 3-D graphic of $STK/VO^{TM}$.

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On-orbit Thermal Analysis of Pico-class Satellite STEP Cube Lab. for Verification of Fundamental Space Technology (우주기반기술 검증을 위한 극초소형 위성 STEP Cube Lab.의 궤도 열해석)

  • Kang, Soo-Jin;Ha, Heon-Woo;Oh, Hyun-Ung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.42 no.9
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    • pp.795-801
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    • 2014
  • STEP Cube Lab. classified as a pico-satellite has been being developed by SSTL(Space Technology Synthesis Laboratory) in Chosun University. Its main mission objective is to perform the on-orbit verification of core space technologies, which will be the potential candidates for future space missions. In this paper, to guarantee successful mission operation of the cube satellite under extremely severe space thermal environment condition, the system level thermal design and analysis has been performed. The effectiveness of the design has been verified through on-orbit thermal analysis of cube satellite.

PRECISE ORBIT PROPAGATION OF GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE USING COWELL'S METHOD (코웰방법을 이용한 정지위성의 정밀궤도예측)

  • 윤재철;최규홍;김은규
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.136-141
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    • 1997
  • To calculate the position and velocity of the artificial satellite precisely, one has to build a mathematical model concerning the perturbations by understanding and analysing the space environment correctly and then quantifying. Due to these space environment model, the total acceleration of the artificial satellite can be expressed as the 2nd order differential equation and we build an orbit propagation algorithm by integrating twice this equation by using the Cowell's method which gives the position and velocity of the artificial satellite at any given time. Perturbations important for the orbits of geostationary spacecraft are the Earth's gravitational potential, the gravitational influences of the sun and moon, and the solar radiation pressure. For precise orbit propagation in Cowell' method, 40 x 40 spherical harmonic coefficients can be applied and the JPL DE403 ephemeris files were used to generate the range from earth to sun and moon and 8th order Runge-Kutta single step method with variable step-size control is used to integrate the the orbit propagation equations.

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Autonomous Stationkeeping System for Geostationary Satellite (정지위성 자동위치유지 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Bong-Kyu;Tahk, Min-Jea;Bang, Hyo-Choong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.32 no.10
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 2004
  • This paper improves existing 'fly-the-wire' based autonomous station-keeping system, suitable for geostationary satellite and introduces results of computer simulations conducted to verify the algorithm. The on-board stationkeeping system receives pseudo-range signals from two ground equipments located with long baseline, determines the orbit error in realtime and generates orbit control commands. To reduce fuel consumption, this paper proposes an on-board orbit control logic using modified fly-the-wire method. The modified fly-the-wire method de-couples error components into two dynamic modes, harmonic and linear motion. The harmonic error components are removed by applying output commands produced by feedback controller, and the linear motions are controlled by the correction ${\Delta}V\;s$ added to reference maneuvers. The reference maneuvers are generated through the ground based computer simulation and embedded or uploaded into the on-board computer with time tags. Finally, the performance of the proposed algorithm is verified through a series of computer simulations.

Design and Implementation of IoT Terminal Equipment for Vessels using Thuraya Geo-stationary Orbit Satellite (Thuraya 정지궤도 위성을 이용한 선박용 IoT 단말 장치 설계 및 구현)

  • Jang, Won-Chang;Lee, Myung-Eui
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2020
  • Satellite communication is not used by many people like mobile communication, but it is a necessary technology for public service and communication services, such as providing the Internet in military, disaster, remote education and medical services, island areas, and infrastructure vulnerable areas. However, on ships and aircraft, mobile communications requiring base stations are either unavailable or restricted in their use. In this paper, we used a Raspberry Pi board as the terminal device to communicate network through satellite modem and PPP protocol, and implemented two-way data link using the text message of the modem to connect to the Thuraya geo-stationary orbit network. In addition, I/O devices were connected to the controller of the terminal equipment to design and implement an IoT device system for ships that can remotely access the system under control and control I/Os and transmit measured data through various sensors.