• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.193-201
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• 2011

A strategy for geostationary orbit (or geostationary earth orbit [GEO]) surveillance based on optical angular observations is presented in this study. For the dynamic model, precise analytical orbit model developed by Lee et al. (1997) is used to improve computation performance and the unscented Kalman filer (UKF) is applied as a real-time filtering method. The UKF is known to perform well under highly nonlinear conditions such as surveillance in this study. The strategy that combines the analytical orbit propagation model and the UKF is tested for various conditions like different level of initial error and different level of measurement noise. The dependencies on observation interval and number of ground station are also tested. The test results shows that the GEO orbit determination based on the UKF and the analytical orbit model can be applied to GEO orbit tracking and surveillance effectively.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1991년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); KOEX, Seoul; 22-24 Oct. 1991
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• pp.425-430
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• 1991

For satellite orbit determination, a satellite (K-3H) which is affected by the earth's gravitational field and the earth's atmospheric drag, the sun, and the moon is chosen as a dynamic model. The state vector include orbit parameters, uncertain parameters associated with perturbations and tracking stations. These perturbations include gravitational constant, atmospheric drag, and jonal harmonics due to the earth nonsphericity. Early orbit was obtained with given the predicted orbital parameter of the satellite. And orbit determination, which is applied to Extended Kalman Filter(EKF) for real time implementation , use the observation data which is given by satellite tracking radar system and then orbit estimation is accomplished. As a result, extended sequential estimation algorithm has a fast convergence and also indicate effectiveness for real time operation.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2010년도 한국우주과학회보 제19권1호
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• pp.27.5-28
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• 2010

The unexpected observation condition or insufficient measurement modeling can lead to uncertain measurement errors. The uncertain measurement error of orbit determination problem typically consists of noise, bias and drift. It must be removed by using a proper estimation process for better orbit accuracy. The estimation of noise and drift is not easy because of their random or unpredictable variation. On the other hand, bias is a constant difference between the mean of the measured values and the true value, so it can be simply removed. In this study, precision orbit determination with SLR observations considering range bias estimation is presented. The Yonsei Laser-ranging Precision Orbit Determination System (YLPODS) and SLR NP (Normal Point) observations of CHAMP satellite are used for this work. The SLR residual test is performed to estimate the range bias of each arc. The result shows that we can get better orbit accuracy through range bias estimation.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.189-200
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• 2015

In this study, we present the results of orbit determination (OD) using satellite laser ranging (SLR) data for the Science and Technology Satellite (STSAT)-2C by a short-arc analysis. For SLR data processing, the NASA/GSFC GEODYN II software with one year (2013/04 - 2014/04) of normal point observations is used. As there is only an extremely small quantity of SLR observations of STSAT-2C and they are sparsely distribution, the selection of the arc length and the estimation intervals for the atmospheric drag coefficients and the empirical acceleration parameters was made on an arc-to-arc basis. For orbit quality assessment, the post-fit residuals of each short-arc and orbit overlaps of arcs are investigated. The OD results show that the weighted root mean square post-fit residuals of short-arcs are less than 1 cm, and the average 1-day orbit overlaps are superior to 50/600/900 m for the radial/cross-track/along-track components. These results demonstrate that OD for STSAT-2C was successfully achieved with cm-level range precision. However its orbit quality did not reach the same level due to the availability of few and sparse measurement conditions. From a mission analysis viewpoint, obtaining the results of OD for STSAT-2C is significant for generating enhanced orbit predictions for more frequent tracking.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1990년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); KOEX, Seoul; 26-27 Oct. 1990
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• pp.457-462
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• 1990

Lately, at an epock of full-scale satellite ranching plan of Korea, T.T.C (Tracking, Telemetery & Command) is a indispensable part. In this paper, particular attention is given to orbit determination problem of role of T.T.C. Orbit determination, which is applied to Kalman Filter and Smoothing Filter, use the observation data which is given by satellite tracking radar system, and then the simulation is accomplished. As a result, it shows effectiveness.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2017

The SRP (Solar Radiation Pressure) model has always been an issue in the dynamic GPS (Global Positioning System) orbit determination. The widely used CODE (Center for Orbit Determination in Europe) model and its variants have nine parameters to estimate the solar radiation pressure from the Sun and to absorb the remaining forces. However, these parameters show a very high correlation with each other and, therefore, only several of them are estimated at most of the IGS (International GNSS Service) analysis centers. In this study, we attempted to numerically verify the correlation between the parameters. For this purpose, a bi-directional, multi-step numerical integrator was developed. The correlation between the SRP parameters was analyzed in terms of post-fit residuals of the orbit. The integrated orbit was fitted to the IGS final orbit as external observations. On top of the parametric analysis of the SRP parameters, we also verified the capabilities of orbit prediction at later time epochs. As a secondary criterion for orbit quality, the positional discontinuity of the daily arcs was also analyzed. The resulting post-fit RMSE (Root-Mean-Squared Error) shows a level of 4.8 mm on average and there is no significant difference between block types. Since the once-per-revolution parameters in the Y-axis are highly correlated with those in the B-axis, the periodic terms in the D- and Y-axis are constrained to zero in order to resolve the correlations. The 6-hr predicted orbit based on the previous day yields about 3 cm or less compared to the IGS final orbit for a week, and reaches up to 6 cm for 24 hours (except for one day). The mean positional discontinuity at the boundary of two 1-day arcs is on the level of 1.4 cm for all non-eclipsing satellites. The developed orbit integrator shows a high performance in statistics of RMSE and positional discontinuity, as well as the separations of the dynamic parameters. In further research, additional verification of the reference frame for the estimated orbit using SLR is necessary to confirm the consistency of the orbit frames.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.88-93
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• 2005

정지궤도 위성을 대상으로 각도 정보를 기반으로 하는 궤도결정 기술에 대한 개념 연구를 수행하였다. 정지궤도 위성의 관측 영역에 지구와 부근의 별이 동시에 촬영된다는 가정하에 지구와 별의 시야각 정보가 궤도결정의 입력으로 사용될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 최소자승법 알고리즘과 MATLAB을 사용한 시뮬레이션에서 그 수렴성을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 개념 연구의 대상 위성으로 통신해양기상위성을 가정하였다. 이러한 기술은 지상국의 궤도 결정의 보조 방법 또는 위성운용 자동화의 일부분으로 응용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.437-447
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• 1998

한반도의 지도 제작을 주임무로 1999년에 발사될 다목적 실용위성의 궤도 오차를 GPS 항행 해와 지상 안테나의 추적 데이터를 이용하여 분석하였다. 측정 데이터의 잡음과 모델 링의 오차를 고려하여 최소 자승 방법으로 궤도 결정과 예측 오차를 시뮬레이션 하였다. 측정 데이터의 잡음은 단기간 오차의 주 요인이 되며, 태양 플럭스의 불확실성으로 인한 오차가 궤도 예측 오차에 가장 크게 작용함을 알 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Mathematics
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.271-283
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• 2013

In this paper, a generalized Adams-Moulton method that is a $m$-step method derived by using the Taylor's series is proposed to solve the satellite orbit determination problem. We show that our proposed method has produced much smaller error than the original Adams-Moulton method. Finally, the accuracy performance is demonstrated in the satellite orbit correction problem by giving a numerical example.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제43권11호
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• pp.1016-1027
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 한국항공우주연구원에서 개발한 우주파편 충돌위험 종합관리 시스템(KARISMA, KARI Collision Risk Management System)의 궤도결정 성능에 대한 검증을 위해 저궤도 우주물체에 대한 레이더 관측데이터를 이용한 궤도결정을 수행하였다. 레이더 관측데이터로는 운영 종료된 우리별 3호(KITSAT-3)에 대해 독일 우주운영센터(GSOC, German Space Operations Center)의 협조로 얻은 TIRA(Tracking & Imaging Radar) 시스템의 실제 레이더 관측데이터를 사용하였다. 궤도결정 결과의 비교를 위해서 동일한 관측데이터에 대한 독일 우주운영센터의 정밀궤도결정 결과와 비교를 하였으며, 그 결과 약 60m 정도의 평균 위치오차가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 하지만 해당 결과는 관측데이터에 대한 오차보정 정보 등의 누락으로 인해 영향을 받았다. 이를 확인하기 위해 관측데이터에 대한 오차분석 및 관측오차가 큰 첫 관측데이터 아크를 배제하였다. 이 결과에서는 약 25m 정도의 평균 위치오차로 줄어듬을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 최종적으로 관측데이터에 대한 오차보정 정보를 적용할 경우 궤도결정 정밀도를 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.