• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2012

CubeSats classified as pico-class satellite require a ground station to track the satellite, transmit a command, and receive an on-orbit data such as SOH (State-of-Health) and mission data according to the operation plan. For this, ground station system has to be properly designed to perform a communication to with the satellite with enough up- and down-link budgets. In this study, a conceptual design of the ground station has been performed for the CubeSat named as STEP Cube Lab. (Cube Laboratory for Space Technology Experimental Project). The paper includes a ground station hardware interface design, link budget analysis and a ground station software realization. In addition, the operation plan of the ground station has been established considering the STEP Cube Lab. mission requirements.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.283-287
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• 2011

Science and Technology Satellite-3 (STSAT-3) is a 150 kg class micro satellite based with the national space program. The STSAT-3 system consists of a space segment, ground segment, launch service segment, and various external interfaces including additional ground stations to support launch and early operation phases. The major ground segment is the ground station at the Satellite Technology Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology site. The ground station provides the capability to monitor and control STSAT-3, conduct STSAT-3 mission planning, and receive, process, and distribute STSAT-3 payload data to satisfy the overall missions of STSAT-3. The ground station consists of the mission control element and the data receiving element. This ground station is designed with the concept of low cost and high efficiency. In this paper, the requirements and design of the ground station that has been developed are examined.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2014

큐브위성 비행 소프트웨어 개발과정에서 큐브위성과 지상국간 데이터 송수신 시험이 필요한데 지상국 구축 비용과 공간성 등을 고려해 야외용 안테나를 사용하지 않는 실내용 지상국이 적합하다. 실내용 지상국 구축시 송신 출력이 높으면 큐브위성 통신시스템의 고장을 유발할 수 있음으로 지상국의 송신 출력이 큐브위성 통신시스템의 수신 허용범위 안에 있도록 설계하고, 이를 검증해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 UHF 및 VHF 주파수를 사용하는 큐브위성과의 데이터 송수신을 위한 실내용 지상국 구축에 대해 기술한다. 특히, 송신 출력을 저감하기 위한 방법으로 감쇄기를 사용하였는데, 송신단에 감쇄기를 연결하여 송신 출력과 감쇄기 수에 따른 감쇄 정도를 측정하고 이의 결과를 분석하여 기술하였다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2015

The CubeSats is classified as a pico-class satellite which requires a ground station to track the satellite, transmit commands, and receive an on-orbit data such as SOH (State-of-Health) and mission data according to the operation plan. In order to this, the ground station system has to be properly designed to perform a communication to with the satellite with enough up- and down-link budgets. In this study, a conceptual design of the ground station has been performed for the CubeSat named as STEP Cube Lab. (Cube Laboratory for Space Technology Experimental Project). The paper includes a ground station hardware interface design, a link budget analysis and a ground station software realization. In addition, the operation plan of the ground station has been established considering the STEP Cube Lab. mission requirements.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.65-82
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• 2021

For the vast majority of geostationary satellites currently in orbit, station keeping activities including orbit determination and maneuver planning and execution are ground-directed and dependent on the availability of ground-based satellite control personnel and facilities. However, a requirement linked to satellite autonomy and survivability in cases of interrupted ground support is often one of the stipulated provisions on the satellite platform design. It is especially important for a geostationary military-purposed satellite to remain within its designated orbital window, in order to provide reliable uninterrupted telecommunications services, in the absence of ground-based resources due to warfare or other disasters. In this paper we investigate factors affecting the robustness of a geostationary satellite's orbit in terms of the maximum duration the satellite's station keeping window can be maintained without ground intervention. By comparing simulations of orbit evolution, given different initial conditions and operations strategies, a variation of parameters study has been performed and we have analyzed which factors the duration is most sensitive to. This also provides valuable insights into which factors may be worth controlling by a military or civilian geostationary satellite operator. Our simulations show that the most beneficial factor for maximizing the time a satellite will remain in the station keeping window is the operational practice of pre-emptively loading East-West station keeping maneuvers for automatic execution on board the satellite should ground control capability be lost. The second most beneficial factor is using short station keeping maneuver cycle durations.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.389-396
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• 2007

The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) becomes more important and is applied to various systems. Recently, the Galileo navigation system is being developed in Europe. Also, other countries like China, Japan and India are developing the global/regional navigation satellite system. As various global/regional navigation satellite systems are used, the navigation ground system gets more important for using the navigation system reasonably and efficiently. According to this trend, the technology of GNSS Ground Station (GGS) is developing in many fields. The one of purposes for this study is to develop the high precision receiver for GNSS sensor station and to provide ground infrastructure for better performance services on navigation system. In this study, we consider the configuration of GNSS Ground Station and analyze function of Monitoring and Control subsystem which is a part of GNSS Ground Station. We propose Monitoring and Control subsystem which contains the navigation software for GNSS Ground System to monitor and control equipments in GNSS Ground Station, to spread the applied field of navigation system, and to provide improved navigation information to user.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.445-450
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• 2015

Generally, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are used to collect image or video from earth's surface. The collected data are stored on-board and/or transmitted to the main ground station directly or via polar ground station using terrestrial line. Today, an intersatellite link between a LEO and a GEO satellite allows transmission of the collected data to the main ground station through the GEO satellite. In this study, an approach for a continuous communication starting from LEO through GEO to ground station is proposed by determining the optimum ground station locations. In doing so, diverse ground stations help to determine the GEO orbit as well. Cross-correlation of the long term daily rainfall averages are multiplied with the logarithmic correlation of the sites to calculate the joint correlation of the diverse ground station locations. The minimum values of this joint correlation yield the optimum locations of the ground stations for Q/V-band communication and satellite control operations. Results for several case studies are listed.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.32-37
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• 2008

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is been developing in many countries. The satellite navigation system has the importance in economic and military fields. For utilizing satellite navigation system properly, the technology of GNSS Ground Station is needed. GNSS Ground Station monitors the signal of navigation satellite and analyzes navigation solution. This study deals with the navigation software for GNSS Ground Station. This paper will introduce the navigation solution algorithm for GNSS Ground Station. The navigation solution can be calculated by the code-carrier smoothing method, the Kalman-filter method, the least-square method, and the weight least square method. The performance of each navigation algorithm in this paper is presented.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2010

GNSS(Global Navigation Satellite System) Ground Station performs GNSS signal acquisition and processing. This system generates error correction information and distributes them to GNSS users. GNSS Ground Station consists of sensor station which contains receiver and meteorological sensor, monitoring and control subsystem which monitors and controls sensor station, control center which generates error correction information, and uplink station which transmits correction information to navigation satellites. Monitoring and control subsystem acquires and processes navigation data from sensor station. The processed data is transmitted to GNSS control center. Monitoring and control subsystem consists of data acquisition module, data formatting and archiving module, data error correction module, navigation determination module, independent quality monitoring module, and system maintenance and management module. The independent quality monitoring module inspects navigation signal, data, and measurement. This paper introduces independent quality monitoring and performs the analysis using measurement data.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.459-464
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• 2007

ITU-R 결의 122는 47/48GHz 대역에서 위성 우주국 수신기와의 주파수 공유를 위해 HAPS 지상국에 대한 전력 제한에 대한 연구를 요구하고 있으며, ITU-R 권고 SF.1481-1에서는 FSS 시스템과의 주파수 공유를 위해 HAPS 지상국의 안테나 방사 패턴의 사이드 로브 특성을 개선하도록 권고하고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는HAPS 및 GSO FSS 서비스 커버리지간 비현실적인 이격거리를 줄이면서 결의 122에서 요구하고 있는 HAPS 지상국에 대한 전력 제한 및 권고 SF.1481-1의 지상국 안테나 사이드 로브 개선 등을 고려한 지상국의 최대 허용 off-axis e.i.r.p. 레벨을 제안함으로써 HAPS 지상국과 FSS 위성 수신기간의 주파수 공유의 가능성을 보인다.