• 천문학회보
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.100.1-100.1
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• 2012

Lunar limb profiles are needed for analyses of lunar occultations and solar eclipses. The lunar limb profile data by C.B. Watts (1963) have been used for such analyses, but it has been found that there are many kinds of errors in the data by Watts, which seriously affected the results obtained from the analyses of the observations. Recently very precise lunar topographic data were obtained by the Japanese lunar explorer Kaguya and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. I obtained lunar limb profiles for any lunar librations from them. I will show how well the lunar limb profiles fit to observed ones from lunar grazing occultations. By combining the accurate lunar limb profiles with observations of lunar occultations we can detect errors in the Hipparcos stellar reference frame. By analyzing Baily's beads timing observations of past total and annular solar eclipses using the accurate lunar limb profiles we will be able to detect solar diameter variations.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.97-106
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• 2010

To prepare for a Korean lunar orbiter mission, a precise lunar orbit propagator; Yonsei precise lunar orbit propagator (YSPLOP) is developed. In the propagator, accelerations due to the Moon's non-spherical gravity, the point masses of the Earth, Moon, Sun, Mars, Jupiter and also, solar radiation pressures can be included. The developed propagator's performance is validated and propagation errors between YSPOLP and STK/Astrogator are found to have about maximum 4-m, in along-track direction during 30 days (Earth's time) of propagation. Also, it is found that the lifetime of a lunar polar orbiter is strongly affected by the different degrees and orders of the lunar gravity model, by a third body's gravitational attractions (especially the Earth), and by the different orbital inclinations. The reliable lifetime of circular lunar polar orbiter at about 100 km altitude is estimated to have about 160 days (Earth's time). However, to estimate the reasonable lifetime of circular lunar polar orbiter at about 100 km altitude, it is strongly recommended to consider at least $50\;{\times}\;50$ degrees and orders of the lunar gravity field. The results provided in this paper are expected to make further progress in the design fields of Korea's lunar orbiter missions.

• 우주기술과 응용
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.121-136
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• 2024

2022년 8월 발사된 한국형 탐사선(KPLO)이 현재 임무를 성공적으로 수행하고 있으며, 향후 한국의 달 착륙선과 로버 프로그램이 진행될 것으로 기대된다. 달착륙선이 표면에 착륙한 후 임무를 성공적으로 수행하기 위해서는 장착할 장비의 성능을 달과 유사한 실험실 환경에서 점검해야 한다. 이를 위해 달 착륙 지점의 표면을 시뮬레이션하기 위해 미국, 중국 등 여러 나라에서 아폴로 착륙선의 달 토양 샘플과 유사한 달 토양 모사토를 개발하여 사용한다. 국내에서도 여러 달 탐사선 착륙지가 거론되고 있고 달 바다 토양의 특성과 유사한 달 토양 모사토 KOHLS-1(Korea Hanyang Lunar Simulant-1), KAUMLS(Korea Aerospace University Mechanical Lunar Simulants), KLS-1(Korea Lunar Simulant-1)가 개발되었다. 그러나 착륙 장소로 달 고원 지대가 선택될 경우에는 앞의 세 가지 모사토는 유용하지 않다. 본 연구에서는 달 착륙선이 고원 지대에 착륙하는 경우를 대비하여 아폴로 16호 달 토양 샘플의 화학적 조성과 달 토양 샘플 60500-1의 입자 크기 분포를 기준으로 모사하여 달 고지대 토양 모사토 KIGAM-L1을 개발하는 과정을 소개한다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.281-288
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• 2017

The first Korea lunar orbiter, Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), has been in development since 2016. After launch, the KPLO will execute several maneuvers to enter into the lunar mission orbit, and will then perform lunar science missions for one year. Among these maneuvers, the lunar orbit insertion (LOI) is the most critical maneuver because the KPLO will experience an extreme velocity change in the presence of the Moon's gravitational pull. However, the lunar orbiter may have a delayed LOI burn during operation due to hardware limitations and telemetry delays. This delayed burn could occur in different captured lunar orbits; in the worst case, the KPLO could fly away from the Moon. Therefore, in this study, the burn delay for the first LOI maneuver is analyzed to successfully enter the desired lunar orbit. Numerical simulations are performed to evaluate the difference between the desired and delayed lunar orbits due to a burn delay in the LOI maneuver. Based on this analysis, critical factors in the LOI maneuver, the periselene altitude and orbit period, are significantly changed and an additional delta-V in the second LOI maneuver is required as the delay burn interval increases to 10 min from the planned maneuver epoch.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.16-22
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• 2015

Korea Aerospace Research Institute(here after KARI) has a plan to launch experimental lunar orbiter in 2018, and lunar orbiter and lander in 2020. There are several ways to go to the moon. Which one is direct transfer trajectory and another one is phasing loop transfer trajectory and the other one is WSB trajectory. Regardless of the transfer trajectories, LOI maneuver is the most important maneuver of all mission sequences because if this burn is failed, it is too difficult to get into the lunar orbit in the future. This paper describes first LOI target value of foreign lunar orbiters and analyzes orbital variations of experimental lunar orbiter according to various target values. By analyzing the variation of orbiter parameter after first LOI, proper orbital period for LOI target value are recommended to meet the inclination, apoapsis and periapsis altitude constraints.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.144-152
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• 2018

미국과 구소련을 중심으로 진행되었던 달 탐사는 1970년대에 중단되었다. 하지만 1990년대 달에 얼음 형태의 물과 희귀자원이 대량 발견되면서 유럽연합, 중국, 일본, 인도 등으로 대표되는 우주신흥강국 들도 달 자원 확보와 기지 건설을 목적으로 달 탐사 경쟁에 합류하고 있다. 향후 달 탐사 사업은 국제 협력을 기반으로 전 세계 주요 우주국과 우주 민간 기업이 함께 참여할 것으로 전망된다. 또한 달 궤도선 중심의 탐사에서 벗어나 달 착륙선 및 로버 중심의 무인 탐사가 전개되어 자원 탐사, 토양 표본 채취 및 귀환 등의 임무를 수행할 것으로 예상된다. 달 탐사를 통해 발견된 자원은 향후 유인 달 기지 건설과 밀접한 연관성이 있다. 달 표면에서의 건설을 위해서는 막대한 양의 자원을 지구로부터 수송해야하므로, 달 현지 자원을 이용하여 물, 산소를 생산하고 현지 지형을 이용하여 기지를 건설하는 기술이 필요하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 현재 진행 중인 전 세계 달 탐사 동향 및 전망과 함께, 달 표면에서의 유인 달 기지 건설 방안과 국가별 달 건설 기술 개발 현황에 대해 조사 및 비교 분석하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.669-676
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• 2018

달의 과학적 기술적 경제적 가치가 증대됨에 따라 세계 주요 우주국들은 달 자원 개발 및 달 기지 건설을 위한 로드맵을 수립하여 달 탐사 사업을 단계적으로 수행하고 있다. 또한 달 표면에 전초기지를 건설하기 위해서는 막대한 양의 자원을 지구로부터 수송해야하므로, 달 표면에 존재하는 자원을 활용하는 현지 건설기술(Lunar In Situ Construction Technology)이 개발 중이다. 하지만 달 지형과 자원은 달 내부의 지각 및 화산활동과 달 외부로부터의 태양광, 운석 충돌 등으로 인해 지역별로 다양한 특성을 지닌다. 이에 본 논문에서는 달 자원의 공간적 분포분석을 통해 현지 건설기술의 적용을 위한 고려사항을 제시하였다. 더불어 달 기지 건설을 위해서는 달 착륙선의 안정적인 착륙과 로버의 이동 용이성을 고려해야 하므로, 달 건설 후보지역 선정을 위한 지형조건을 함께 제시하였다. 현재 달 궤도선으로부터 주로 관측되는 달 지형 및 자원 정보는 낮은 공간해상력과 함께 달 표면에 국한되는 제약점이 있다. 향후 전개될 로버 중심의 달 탐사는 달 현지 건설기술 개발과 달 기지 건설후보지 선정에 유용한 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2021

This technical paper deals the practical transformation algorithms between several lunar reference frames which will be used for Korea pathfinder lunar orbiter (KPLO) flight operation. Despite of various lunar reference frame definitions already exist, use of a common transformation algorithm while establishing lunar reference frame is very important for all members related to KPLO mission. This is because use of slight different parameters during frame transformation may result significant misleading while reprocessing data based on KPLO flight dynamics. Therefore, details of practical transformation algorithms for the KPLO mission specific lunar reference frames is presented with step by step implementation procedures. Examples of transformation results are also presented to support KPLO flight dynamics data user community which is expected to give practical guidelines while post processing the data as their needs. With this technical paper, common understandings of reference frames that will be used throughout not only the KPLO flight operation but also science data reprocessing can be established. It is expected to eliminate, or at least minimize, unnecessary confusion among all of the KPLO mission members including: Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as well as other organizations participating in KPLO payload development and operation, or further lunar science community world-wide who are interested in KPLO science data post processing.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.199-215
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• 2023

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), the first South Korea lunar exploration probe, successfully arrived at the Moon on December, 2022 (UTC), following a 4.5-month ballistic lunar transfer (BLT) trajectory. Since the launch (4 August, 2022), the KPLO magnetometer (KMAG) has carried out various observations during the trans-lunar cruise phase and a 100 km altitude lunar polar orbit. KMAG consists of three fluxgate magnetometers capable of measuring magnetic fields within a ± 1,000 nT range with a resolution of 0.2 nT. The sampling rate is 10 Hz. During the originally planned lifetime of one year, KMAG has been operating successfully while performing observations of lunar crustal magnetic fields, magnetic fields induced in the lunar interior, and various solar wind events. The calibration and offset processes were performed during the TLC phase. In addition, reliabilities of the KMAG lunar magnetic field observations have been verified by comparing them with the surface vector mapping (SVM) data. If the KPLO's mission orbit during the extended mission phase is close enough to the lunar surface, KMAG will contribute to updating the lunar surface magnetic field map and will provide insights into the lunar interior structure and lunar space environment.

• 천문학회보
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.72.3-72.3
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• 2018

Since there are two-different observational constraints for the lunar exosphere data, it is interesting to find the best exospheric model that can account for the observed characteristics of the lunar coma and tail simultaneously (Lee & Kim, 2017).The characteristics of the lunar exosphere can be constrained by comparing simulated models with observational data of the coma and tail. In this work, considering effects of triple sodium sources (two dayside sources: a low- and a high-velocity component; and an Isotropic source component), we present time-dependent simulations showing initial conditions around the lunar coma and the final stage of the lunar tail. Based on an updated 3-D lunar exosphere model (Lee & Kim, 2017), we are presenting the simulated images of the lunar sodium coma and its correlation with lunar tail's physical parameters.