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On-orbit Thermal Analysis for Verification of Thermal Design of Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter

시험용 달 궤도선의 열설계 검증을 위한 궤도 열해석

  • Received : 2017.07.20
  • Accepted : 2018.10.30
  • Published : 2018.12.01

Abstract

KARI plans to launch Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) to the Moon by December 2020 for the first step of the Korea Lunar Exploration Project. This orbiter will be launched to obtain lunar exploration technologies and science data in advance before launching a main orbiter and a lunar probe. This paper describes the verification of thermal design for the orbiter. It is exposed to more extreme thermal environment than that of low Earth orbit satellite due to the heavy infrared emission of the Moon. Accordingly, a thermal design considering this environment is needed to maintain the temperature of payloads and components equipped in the orbiter within operating temperature range in all orbits. We performed the thermal analysis for Earth-Moon transfer orbit, lunar mission orbit and lunar eclipse required for thermal design verification of the lunar orbiter. As a result, this thermal design met the design requirements.

한국항공우주연구원은 달 탐사 프로젝트 1단계로 시험용 달 궤도선을 2020년 12월에 발사할 계획이다. 시험용 궤도선은 본 궤도선과 착륙선을 발사하기 이전에 미리 달 탐사 기술 확보 및 과학 데이터를 획득하기 위해 발사된다. 본 논문은 궤도선의 열설계 검증에 관한 내용을 기술하고 있다. 달 궤도선은 달의 많은 적외선 복사 때문에 지구 저궤도 위성보다 극한의 열 환경에 노출된다. 따라서 이를 고려한 열설계를 하여 궤도선 탑재 장비들의 온도를 모든 궤도에서 허용온도 범위 내로 유지해야 한다. 이를 위해 달 궤도선 열설계 검증에 필요한 지구-달 전이 궤도, 달 임무 궤도, 월식 기간에 대한 열해석을 수행하였으며, 해석 결과를 바탕으로 궤도선의 열설계가 설계 요구조건을 만족하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

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