• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.1-6
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• 2012

The accurate information of mass properties is required for the precise control of the spacecraft. The mass properties, mass and inertia, are changeable by some reasons such as consumption of propellant, deployment of solar panel, sloshing, environmental effect, etc. The gyro-based attitude data including noise and bias reduces the control accuracy so it needs to be compensated for improvement. This paper introduces a real-time inertia estimation method for the attitude determination of STSAT-3, Korea Science Technology Satellite. In this method we first filter the gyro noise with the Extended Kalman Filter(EKF), and then estimate the moment of inertia by using the filtered data from the EKF based on the Recursive Least Square(RLS).

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.1174-1180
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• 2011

Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA)s are replacing traditional integrated circuits for space applications due to their lower development cost as well as reconfigurability. However, they are very sensitive to single event upset (SEU) caused by space radiation environment. In order to mitigate the SEU, on-board computer of STSAT-3 employed a triple modular redundancy(TMR) and scrubbing scheme. Experimental results showed that upset threshold energy was improved from 10.6 MeV to 20.3 MeV when the TMR and the scrubbing were applied to the on-board computer. Combining the experimental results with the orbit simulation results, calculated bit-flip rate of on-board computer is 1.23 bit-flips/day assuming in the worst case of STSAT-3 orbit.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.435-444
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• 2008

High energy charged particles are trapped by geomagnetic field in the region named Van Allen Belt. These particles can move to low altitude along magnetic field and threaten even low altitude spacecraft. Space Radiation can cause equipment failures and on occasions can even destroy operations of satellites in orbit. Sun sensors aboard Science and Technology Satellite (STSAT-l) was designed to detect sun light with silicon solar cells which performance was degraded during satellite operation. In this study, we try to identify which particle contribute to the solar cell degradation with ground based radiation facilities. We measured the short circuit current after bombarding electrons and protons on the solar cells same as STSAT-1 sun sensors. Also we estimated particle flux on the STSAT-l orbit with analyzing NOAA POES particle data. Our result clearly shows STSAT-l solar cell degradation was caused by energetic protons which energy is about 700keV to 1.5MeV. Our result can be applied to estimate solar cell conditions of other satellites.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.1157-1163
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• 2009

This paper introduces the lithium ion battery management system for STSAT-3 satellite. The specifications of lithium ion battery unit are proposed to supply power to the satellite and the overall electrical design for lithium ion battery BMS is presented. Furthermore, the test results of battery management system are shown to verify the design.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.553-558
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• 2011

This paper describes the development and test result of S-band Transmitter flight model(FM) of STSAT-3 by satellite research center(SaTReC), KAIST. The communication sub-system of STSAT-3 is consist of two different frequency band channels, S-band for Telemetry & Command and X-band for mission data. S-band Transmitter(STX) functionally made of modulator, frequency synthesizer, power amp and DC/DC converter. The transmission data is modulated by FSK(Frequency Shift Keying) and the interface between spacecraft sub-module and STX is RS-422 standard method. The FM STX is based on modular design. The RF output power of STX is 1.5W(31.7dBm) and BER of STX is under $1{\times}10^{-5}$ which meets the specification respectively. The FM STX is delivered Spacecraft Assembly, Integration and Test(AIT) level through the completion of functional Test and environmental(vibration, thermal vacuum) Test successfully.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.298-302
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• 2009

Low power Hall thruster is under development as one of the core technologies for STSAT-3. The Hall thruster has several advantages such as its simple structure, high thrust density and specific impulse etc. Development target values deduced by analyzing requirements are consumed electrical power, thrust, thrust efficiency, and specific impulse of < 300 W, > 10 mN, ~ 35%, and > 1000 s, respectively. In order to achieve the target specifications, two prototype Hall thrusters were developed and compared. To date, thrust and efficiency are 11 mN and 37% under the total power of 290 W with 0.97 mg/s Xe propellent supply.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.45-49
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• 2003

A Bake-Out test for STSAT-1 FM(Flight Model) was performed in a Bake-Out Chamber at SITC(Satellite Integration & Test Center) in KARI(Korea Aerospace Research Institute). The purpose of this test is to measure and analyze the outgassing rate to affect the optical equipment(FIMS) and to eliminate contaminants through the high temperature bake-out. This Bake-Out test is composed of three parts which are honeycomb panels & harnesses(Batch 1), an assembled satellite(Batch 2), and a disassembled satellite(Batch 3). For each test, quantitative and qualitative measurements and analysis were performed using TQCM(Thermoelectric Quartz Crystal Microbalance) and RGA(Residual Gas Analyzer.)

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.36 no.12
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• pp.1201-1206
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• 2008

This study is focused on the investigation of the modal characteristics of the preliminary models of science technology satellite-3 (STSAT-3). Prior to the final decision of the composite structure model, several candidate structure models have been developed so as to find the most qualified structures with respect to the satellite structure systems' requirements and then utilize the information achieved to a real design. The main structure is composed of fiber reinforced composite faced honeycomb sandwich panel whose modal characteristics are found and compared to each other by means of finite element numerical analyses. Results from the current study demonstrate that a rectangular box shape having supporting inner panel shows relatively higher fundamental mode frequencies than octagonal box shape and etc., and regardless of the structure model shape tested herein, the fundamental mode turns out lateral bending mode.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.02a
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• pp.98-99
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• 2003

2005년 국산 소형위성 발사체에 탑재되어 발사 될 예정으로, 과학기술위성2호의 개발이 2002년 10월부터 시작되었다. 과학기술위성2호는 약 100kg의 소형위성으로, 경사각 60～80$^{\circ}$의 300km x 1500km 타원궤도에 발사될 것으로 예상되고 있으며, 라만-a태양촬영망원경(LIST, Larman-a Imaging Solar Telescope)과 레이저정밀거리측정용 반사경이 각각 주 및 부 탑재체로 탑재될 예정이다. 위성레이저정밀거리측정(SLR, Satellite Laser Ranging)이란 위성간의 거리를 가장 정확하게 측정할수 있는 축지학적 기술이다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.71-72
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• 2008

과학기술위성3호 부탑재체로 영상분광기(COMIS, Compact Hyperspectral Imager)가 선정되어 2007년 5월부터 개발이 진행되고 있다. COMIS는 2010년 과학기술위성3호에 탑재 발사되어, 위성 궤도 700km 상공에서 해상도 30m을 가지고, 30km 폭의 지표면 또는 대기를 관측할 수 있다. 현재까지 국내에서 개발된 위성탑재 지구관측카메라가 흑백이거나 다분광(3파장)으로 지구관측을 하는 것에 반하여 COMIS는 가시광 및 근적외선 영역에서 16${\sim}$62대역(4${\sim}$15nm 파장 분해능)의 초분광 관측을 수행하게 된다. 초분광 영상은 관측 대상 물성의 상세 구분이 가능한 관계로 군사적 활용을 포함한 원격 탐사의 주요 활용 분야로 대두되고 있다. 본 논문은 과학기술위성3호 부탑재체로 개발되는 영상분광기인 COMIS(Compact Hyperspectral Imager)의 전반적인 개념, 활용 과학을 먼저 소개하고 상세 광학 설계를 발표한다.