• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.353-357
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• 2010

In general, the information of inertia properties is required to control a spacecraft. The inertia properties are changed by some activities such as consumption of propellant, deployment of solar panel, sloshing, etc. Extensive estimation methods have been investigated to obtain the precise inertia properties. The gyro-based attitude data including noise and bias needs to be compensated for improvement of attitude control accuracy. A modified estimation method based on the law of conservation of angular momentum is suggested to avoid inconvenience like filtering process for noise-effect compensation. The conventional method is modified and beforehand estimated moment of inertia is applied to improve estimation efficiency of product of inertia. The performance of the suggested method has been verified for the case of STSAT-3, Korea Science Technology Satellite.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1912-1921
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• 2003

This paper presents a global mode modeling of space structures and a control scheme from the practical point of view. Since the size of the satellite has become bigger and the accuracy of attitude control more strictly required, it is necessary to consider the structural flexibility of the spacecraft. Although it is well known that the finite element (FE) model can accurately model the flexibility of the satellite, there are associated problems : FE model has the system matrix with high order and does not provide any physical insights, and is available only after all structural features have been decided. Therefore, it is almost impossible to design attitude and orbit controller using FE model unless the structural features are in place. In order to deal with this problem, the control design scheme with the global mode (GM) model is suggested. This paper describes a flexible structure modeling and three-axis controller design process and demonstrates the adequate performance of the design with respect to the maneuverability by applying it to a large flexible spacecraft model.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.233-240
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• 2000

Five scientific instruments are planned on KAISTSAT-4 that is scheduled to be launched in 2002. A far ultra-violet imaging spectrograph and a set of space plasma instruments are currently being designed. The imaging spectrograph will make observations of astronomical objects and Earth's upper atmosphere. The plasma instrumentation is capable of fast measuring the thermal magnetosphere plasmas, cold ionospheric plasmas and the Earth's magnetic fields. Major system drivers and constraints on the payloads as well as the spacecraft are identified. A preliminary analysis of the K-4 mission has been undertaken with the system requirements that are derived from the system drivers. Detailed investigation shows that Sun-synchronous orbits with approximate altitudes of 800km are optimal to satisfy the identified requirements. Comparisons with other orbits of different inclinations are also shown. Four operation modes and a daily schedule of spacecraft maneuver are found from the Sun-synchronous orbital model. It is shown that the scientific objectives of K-4 can be achieved with moderate levels of design and operation risks.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 1995년도 한국우주과학회보 제4권2호
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• pp.28-28
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• 1995

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• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.300-309
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• 2017

우주비행체는 우주공간에서 소형 추력기를 통해 연소가스를 노즐 외부로 배출시킴으로써 궤도보정 및 자세제어에 필요한 반작용 모멘텀을 발생시킨다. 이때 배출된 배기가스가 우주비행체의 표면과 충돌하면서 발생된 교란 힘 및 교란토크, 열 부하, 표면 오염 등은 우주비행체의 수명 단축 및 기능저하를 유발시킬 수 있으므로 추력기 배기가스 거동에 관한 예측은 우주비행체 설계시 매우 중요한 절차라고 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 우주비행체의 자세제어용 추력기로 사용되는 10 N급 이원추진제 추력기의 배기가스 거동을 수치적으로 해석함으로써 우주비행체 설계에 필요한 핵심기술을 확보하는 것이 목적이다. 이를 위해 모노메틸하이드라진(MMH) 연료와 사산화이질소(NTO) 산화제의 화학평형반응과 추력기 노즐 내부 연속체 영역 계산을 수행한 후 배기가스 해석을 위한 직접모사법(DSMC)의 유입조건으로 적용하였다. 해석 결과, 이원추진제 추력기 노즐 부근에서 배기가스의 화학종 박리와 같은 비평형 팽창과 후방유동의 특성들을 예측할 수 있었다.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 1998년도 한국우주과학회보 제7권1호
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• pp.48.2-48
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• 1998

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• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.19-29
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• 2004

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.727-736
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• 2010

과학기술위성 3호는 국내 최초의 전구조 복합재 위성이다. 이전에 개발된 위성은 대부분 태양전지판 등 부분적인 복합재 구조로 된 것도 있으나 전 구조 복합재 위성은 개발된 적이 없었다. 본 연구는 소형 복합재 위성의 버스 구조체 개발을 위한 복합재 응용 설계 및 제작 기술의 적용과 그 활용에 중점을 두고 있다. 특히 과학기술위성 3호의 버스구조체는 이전에 개발된 위성의 구조체 와는 전혀 다른 형태로 개발되었다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.209-218
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• 2020

This paper describes the initial operations and preliminary results of the Instrument for the study of Stable/Storm-time Space (ISSS) onboard the microsatellite Next Generation Small Satellite-1 (NEXTSat-1), which was launched on December 4, 2018 into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 575 km with an orbital inclination angle of 97.7°. The spacecraft and the instruments have been working normally, and the results from the observations are in agreement with those from other satellites. Nevertheless, improvement in both the spacecraft/instrument operation and the analysis is suggested to produce more fruitful scientific results from the satellite operations. It is expected that the ISSS observations will become the main mission of the NEXTSat-1 at the end of 2020, when the technological experiments and astronomical observations terminate after two years of operation.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2014

The communications link in a space program is a crucial point for upgrading its performance by handling data between spacecraft bus and payloads, because spacecraft's missions are related to the data handling mechanism using communications ports such as a controlled area network bus (CAN Bus) and a universal asynchronous receiver and transmitter (UART). The NEXTSat-1 has a lot of communications ports for performing science and technology missions. However, the top level system requirements for the NEXTSat-1 are mass and volume limitations. Normally, the communications for units shall be conducted by using point to point link which require more mass and volume to interconnect. Thus, our approach for the novel communications link in the NEXTSat-1 program is to use CAN and serializer and deserializer low voltage differential signal (SerDesLVDS) to meet the system requirements of mass and volume. The CAN Bus and SerDesLVDS were confirmed by using already defined communications link for our missions in the NEXTSat-1 program and the analysis results were reported in this study in view of data flow and size analysis.