• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.537-558
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• 2005

This paper addresses the results of HAUSAT-2 radiation environment and effect analyses, including TID and SEE analyses. Trapped proton and electron, solar proton, galactic cosmic ray models were considered for HAUSAT-2 TID radiation environment analysis. TID was analyzed through total dose-depth curve and the radiation tolerance of TID for HAUSAT-2 components was verified by using DMBP method and sectoring analysis. HAUSAT-2 LET spectrum for heavy ion and proton were also analyzed for SEE investigation. SEE(SEU, SEL) analyses were accomplished for MPC860T2B microprocessor and K6X8008T2B memory. It was estimated that several SEUs may occur without SEL during the HAUSAT-2 mission life(2 years). Software Hamming Code EDAC has been implemented to detect and correct the SEU. In this study, all radiation analyses were conducted by using SPENVIS software.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.56-67
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• 2006

The reliability and failure mode effect analysis are effective means to achieve efficient and cost-reduction design for satellite development. The failure rate of COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) parts required for reliability analysis is not usually provided from the manufacturer. Space environment factors based on empirical data obtained from MIL-HDBK-217F can be applicable to the reliability calculation. As a radiation environment factor, the occurrence rate of SEL (Single Event Latch-up) is additionally incorporated for the failure rate prediction. In this paper, the statistical reliability analysis method for low-cost small satellite using COTS parts is suggested. This statistical reliability analysis was applied to HAUSAT-2 small satellite whose electronic boxes are consisted of many COTS parts to calculate the system reliability at the end of design mission life.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.105-111
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• 2003

Qualification Model of On-board Computer (OBC) for KAISTSAT-4 was developed. The OBC of KAISTASAT-4 has some improved features compared with that of KAISTSAT-3: To reduce weight and size of OBC many logics are implemented by FPGAs, and a network controller is included in OBC to access the satellite network with high speed. Also, the developed OBC has an improved tolerance against SEUs and faults. The OBC was fully tested under simulated space environment with no errors.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.99-99
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• 2003

우리나라 최초의 실용급 지구관측위성인 아리랑 1호는 지난 2003년 2월 21일부로 목표로 하였던 임무운영기간 3년을 완수하였다. 아리랑 1호의 정상 임무운영에 사용되는 탑재체는 전장광학카메라, 해양관측카메라, 그리고 우주과학 탑재체이며, 2001년 8월 원인을 알 수 없는 과전류 발생으로 임무가 중단된 우주과학 탑재체를 .제외한 나머지 탑재체들은 임무 운영기간동안 정상적으로 운영되었다. 전자광학카메라는 한반도를 비롯한 전 세계를 대상으로 지리정보를 위한 영상자료를 획득하는 것이 목적이었으며, 해양관측카메라는 생물학적 해양지도 및 해양환경 관측을 위한 자료를 획득하는 것이다. 우주과학 탑재체는 고에너지 전하입자에 의한 Single Event Upset현상, 우주방사능 관측, 그리고 전자의 온도 및 밀도 측정이 주요 목표였다. 당초 목표했던 임무운영기간을 초과한 현재(2003년 7월 1일 기준)까지 우주과학 탑재체를 제외한 나머지 탑재체들은 정상적으로 운영되고 있다. 본 논문은 아리랑 1호 발사 후 약 3년 6개월간의 기간동안 수행된 탑재체 운영결과들을 정리하였다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.181.2-181.2
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• 2012

우주공간에서는 solar particle과 galactic cosmic ray에 포함된 proton, electron 및 heavy ion등에 의해 radiation 현상이 발생하는데 이는 각종 전자장비의 성능 감쇄 및 디지털 장비의 내부 정보를 교란을 야기할 수 있다. 특히 메모리의 bit 정보가 반전되는 Single Event Upset (SEU)의 경우 인공위성 및 우주정거장 등의 시스템에서도 빈번히 발생할 수 있으며 적절한 조치가 이루어지지 않으면 주어진 임무 수행 실패는 물론 시스템 failure까지 이를 수 있다. 따라서 SEU에 의한 문제 발생 시 신속한 문제 확인 및 대처가 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 SEU의 발생 원인 및 영향과 기존의 오류 검출 및 수정 기법에 대해 소개하도록 한다. 또한 효율적이고 신뢰성 있는 설계를 위해 각 하드웨어 소자 특성에 따른 적합한 SEU 회피 방안을 제시하도록 한다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.10-10
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• 1993

The cosmic ray experiment (CRE) on board the KITSAT-1 has been operating normally since the launch of the satellite. CRE is composed of two parts : the cosmic particle experiment (CPE) and the total dose experiment (TDE). Of these, we will discuss on the CPE results obtained the last several months. The data show much larger high energy Particle flux than the Previous UOSAT-3 data. The 550(single event upset) rate is also an order of magnitude higher than the UOSAT-3result. We will compare these results with the Bredictions of the CREME codel. ReferTncesAdams, J. H., Jr., 1987, NRL Memorandun Report 5901

• Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.333-341
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• 2023

This study aims to develop technology for testing and verifying the space radiation environment of miniature space components using the facilities of the domestic 100 MeV proton accelerator and the Space Component Test Facility at the Space Testing Center. As advancements in space development progress, high-performance satellites increasingly rely on densely integrated circuits, particularly in core components components like memory. The application of semiconductor components in essential devices such as solar panels, optical sensors, and opto-electronics is also on the rise. To apply these technologies in space, it is imperative to undergo space environment testing, with the most critical aspect being the evaluation and testing of space components in high-energy radiation environments. Therefore, the Space Testing Center at the Korea testing laboratory has developed a radiation testing device for memory components and conducted radiation impact assessment tests using it. The investigation was carried out using 100 MeV protons at a low flux level achievable at the Gyeongju Proton Accelerator. Through these tests, single event upsets observed in memory semiconductor components were confirmed.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.452-455
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• 2004

MSC (Multi-Spectral Camera) system is a remote sensing instrument to obtain high resolution ground image. EOS (Electro-Optic System) for MSC mainly consists of PMA (Primary Mirror Assembly), SMA (Secondary Mirror Assembly), HSTS (High Stability Telescope Structure) and DFPA (Detector Focal Plane Assembly). High performance of EOS makes it possible for MSC system to provide high resolution and high quality ground images. Temperature of the EOS needs to be controlled to be in a specific range in order not to have any thermal distortion which can cause performance degradation. It is controlled by full redundant CPU based electronics. The validity of thermistor readings can be checked because a few thermistors are installed on each control point on EOS. Various kinds of thermal control logics are used to prevent 'Single Point Failure'. Control logic has a few set of database in order not to be corrupted by SEU (Single Event Upset). Even though the thermal control logic is working automatically, it can also be monitored and controlled by ground-station operator. In this paper, various ways of thermal control logic for EOS in MSC will be presented, which include thermal control mode and logic, redundancy design and status monitoring and reporting scheme.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06b
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• pp.313-316
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• 2011

SRAM-based FPGAs are very sensitive to single event upset(SEU) induced by space irradiation. To mitigate SEU effects, space applications employ some mitigation schemes. The triple modular redundancy(TMR) is a well-known mitigation scheme. It uses one or three voters as well as three identical blocks performing the same work. The voters can mask out one error in the outputs from the three replicated blocks. One SEU error in TMRed circuits can be masked but it needs to be detected for some reasons such as to analyze the SEU effects in the satellite or to recover the circuits from the error before additional error occur. In this paper, we developed a fault detection circuit and reporting system to detect a fault on the TMRed circuits. To verify our error detection circuit and reporting circuit, we performed an irradiation test at MC-50 Cyclotron. Experimental results showed that error detection circuit can detect a fault on the TMRed test circuit in radiation environment.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.389-394
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• 2010

This paper describes the conceptual design of mass memory unit for high speed data processing and mass memory management in the STSAT-3 compared to that of STSAT-2. The FPGA directly controls the data receiving from two payloads with the maximum 100Mbps speed and 32Gb mass memory management to satisfy these requirements. We used SRAM-based FPGA from XILINX having fast operating speed and large logic cells. Therefore, the Triple Modular Redundancy(TMR) and configuration memory scrubbing techniques will also be used to protect FPGA from Single Event Upset(SEU) in space.