• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.631-642
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• 2009

The sun is a useful reference direction because of its brightness relative to other astronomical objects and its relatively small apparent radius as viewed by spacecrafts near the Earth. Most satellites use solar power as a source of energy, and so need to make sure that solar panels are oriented correctly with respect to the sun. Also, some satellites have sensitive instruments that must not be exposed to direct sunlight. For all these reasons, sun sensors are important components in spacecraft attitude determination and control systems. To minimize components and structural mass, some components have multiple purposes. The solar cells will provide power and also be used as coarse sun sensors. A coarse Sun sensor is a low-cost attitude determination sensor suitable for a wide range of space missions. The sensor measures the sun angle in two orthogonal axes. The Sun sensor measures the sun angle in both azimuth and elevation. This paper presents the development of a model to determine the attitude of a small cube-shaped satellite in space relative to the sun's direction. This sensor helps small cube-shaped Pico satellites to perform accurate attitude determination without requiring additional hardware.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.222-227
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• 2017

Flake-type micro hollow silica was synthesized by precipitation method using an $Mg(OH)_2$ inorganic template and sodium silicate and ammonium sulfate as the silica precursors. We investigated the effects of the silica precursor concentration on the shape, shell thickness, and surface of the hollow silica. When the concentration of the silica precursor was 0.5 M, the hollow silica had a smooth and translucent thin shell, but the shell was broken. On the other hand, the shell thickness of the hollow silica changed in the range of 12 nm to 18 nm with the increase of the precursor concentration from 0.7 M to 1.1 M. Simultaneously, unintended spherical silica satellites were created on the shell surface. The number of satellites and the size rose according to the increased concentration of silica precursor. The reason for the formation of spherical silica satellites is that the $NH_4OH$ nucleus generated in the synthesis of hollow silica acted as another silica reaction site.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2002

GPS(Global Positioning System)가 토목공사, 기준점 측량, 구조물 변형등 측지 및 측량분야에 활용성이 우수하다는 것은 여러 연구 결과에서 입증되었지만, 고층 빌딩이 산재한 도심지나 공장지역등 GPS 위성신호의 수신이 최소 4개 이하로 떨어지는 장소에서서의 GPS 정적 위치결정 정확도는 현저히 떨어진다는 것을 알 수 있다. 따라서 GPS 위성과 GLONASS(GLObal Navigation Satellite System)를 결합하여 위성의 가시성을 높여 보다 많은 위치 정보를 획득하여 향상된 정적 위치결정 정확도를 얻으려 한다. 그 결과 GPS/GLONASS 결합시스템으로 도심지에서 다중경로, 신호의 고도각, 가시위성 부족에 의한 위치 결정정확도를 저하하는 것을 향상시켰다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제47권8호
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• pp.590-598
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• 2019

현대 사회에서 인공위성은 통신, 영상 등의 분야에서 널리 이용되고 있다. 이 중에서도 인공위성을 통해 획득한 영상은 넓은 지역에 대한 다양한 정보를 담고 있어 농업, 자원개발 및 활용, 군사적 목적 등으로 활용되고 있다. 인공위성의 특성상 영상을 획득할 수 있는 시간이 매우 제한적이므로 주어진 시간 내에 최대한 효율적인 영상획득을 수행하는 것이 중요하다. 이를 위해서 본 연구에서는 인공위성이 영상을 획득하는 데 소요되는 시간 및 자세 기동에 대한 모델링을 수행하고 이를 바탕으로 휴리스틱 평가함수를 이용한 임무설계 알고리즘을 제안하고 수치 시뮬레이션을 통하여 해당 알고리즘의 성능을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2018

This study presents the generation and accuracy assessment of predicted orbital ephemeris based on satellite laser ranging (SLR) for geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellites. Two GEO satellites are considered: GEO-Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite (KOMPSAT)-2B (GK-2B) for simulational validation and Compass-G1 for real-world quality assessment. SLR-based orbit determination (OD) is proactively performed to generate orbital ephemeris. The length and the gap of the predicted orbital ephemeris were set by considering the consolidated prediction format (CPF). The resultant predicted ephemeris of GK-2B is directly compared with a pre-specified true orbit to show 17.461 m and 23.978 m, in 3D root-mean-square (RMS) position error and maximum position error for one day, respectively. The predicted ephemeris of Compass-G1 is overlapped with the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) final orbit from the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) analysis center (AC) to yield 36.760 m in 3D RMS position differences. It is also compared with the CPF orbit from the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) to present 109.888 m in 3D RMS position differences. These results imply that SLR-based orbital ephemeris can be an alternative candidate for improving the accuracy of commonly used radar-based orbital ephemeris for GEO satellites.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.297-304
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• 2022

The models used for ionosphere error correction in positioning using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) are representatively Klobuchar model and NeQuick model. Although these models can correct the ionosphere error in real time, the disadvantage is that the accuracy is only 50-60%. In this study, a method for polynomial modeling of Global Ionosphere Map (GIM) which provides Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) in grid type was studied. In consideration of Ionosphere Pierce Points (IPP) of satellites with a receivable elevation angle of 15 degrees or higher on the Korean Peninsula, the target area for model generation and provision was selected, and the VTEC at 88 GIM grid points was modeled as a polynomial. The developed VTEC polynomial model shows a data reduction rate of 72.7% compared to GIM regardless of the number of visible satellites, and a data reduction rate of more than 90% compared to the Slant Total Electron Content (STEC) polynomial model when there are more than 10 visible satellites. This VTEC polynomial model has a maximum absolute error of 2.4 Total Electron Content Unit (TECU) and a maximum relative error of 9.9% with the actual GIM. Therefore, it is expected that the amount of data can be drastically reduced by providing the predicted GIM or real-time grid type VTEC model as the parameters of the polynomial model.

• 대기
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.33-47
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• 2023

In this study, for the application of observation errors to the Korean Integrated Model (KIM) to utilize the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere & Climate-2 (COSMIC-2) new satellites, the observation errors were diagnosed based on the Desroziers method using the cost function in the process of variational data assimilation. We calculated observation errors for all observational species being utilized for KIM and compared with their relative values. The observation error of the calculated the Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS RO) was about six times smaller than that of other satellites. In order to balance with other satellites, we conducted two experiments in which the GNSS RO data expanded by about twice the observation error. The performance of the analysis field was significantly improved in the tropics, where the COSMIC-2 data are more available, and in the Southern Hemisphere, where the influence of GNSS RO data is significantly greater. In particular, the prediction performance of the Southern Hemisphere was improved by doubling the observation error in global region, rather than doubling the COSMIC-2 data only in areas with high density, which seems to have been balanced with other observations.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.323-332
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• 2023

Today, services using Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technology are provided in various fields, such as smartphone Location-Based Service (LBS) and autonomous driving. Generally, outdoor positioning techniques depend on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and the need for positioning techniques that guarantee positioning accuracy, availability, and continuity is emerging with advances in service. In particular, continuity is not guaranteed in urban canyons where it is challenging to secure visible satellites with standalone GNSS, and even if more than four satellites are visible, the positioning accuracy and stability are reduced due to multipath channels. Research using Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites is already underway to overcome these limitations. In this study, we conducted a trend analysis of LEO-PNT research, an LEO satellite-based navigation and augmentation system. Through comparison with GNSS, the differentiation of LEO-PNT was confirmed, and the system design and receiver processing were analyzed according to LEO-PNT classification. Lastly, the current status of LEO-PNT development by country and institution was confirmed.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.21-34
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 타원궤도상에서 위성의 편대비행을 유지하기 위하여 필요한 포기조건을 결정하고자 한다. 타원궤도일 경우 Hill 방정식으로는 위성간의 상대운동을 기술할 수 없기 때문에, Hill 방정식의 초기조건에 비선형성과 이심률에 대한 보정을 하여 얻은 새로운 운동방정식을 사용했다. 편대비행에서 상대적 거리를 유지하기 위하여 주위성과 부위성의 평균각속도를 일치시키는 구속조건을 이용했다. 이 구속조건은 J2 섭동항을 고려한 것이므로, 이 구속조건을 만족하는 편대비행의 초기조건은 타원궤도에서의 위성편대비행을 유지하는데 잘 적용될 수 있다. 타원궤도에서의 상대운동방정식 초기조건에 J2 섭동을 고려한 구속조건을 적용할 때, 이심률이 0.05 이하이고 위성간의 상대거리가 0.5km 정도인 경우만이 주기적으로 일정하게 간격이 유지되는 결과를 얻을 수 있다. 따라서 이심률이 크지 않은 타원궤도에서는 평균각속도 일치의 구속조건을 사용하여 위성간의 상대거리를 유지할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과를 이용하여 타원궤도에서의 위성편대비행을 위한 효율적인 초기조건을 제공할 수 있고, 위성편대비행의 운용에 있어서 비용을 절감할 수 있는 방법을 제시할 수 있다.