• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.88-94
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• 2004

The KSR-III rocket is a liquid propellant sounding rocket and thrust vector control actuators and cold gas thrusters are used to control pitch and yaw, roll attitude respectively during thrusting phase. In this paper, the structure of designed attitude controller and gain scheduling, results of stability analysis for KSR-III rocket are presented. The attitude controller is implemented with flight software in the domestically developed INS and successfully performed its function in the flight test. The flight data are coincident with simulation results.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.9
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• pp.856-861
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• 2010

In this work, experiments on hybrid sounding rocket were conducted to investigate the aerodynamic characteristics and analyze longitudinal static stability. Tests were performed on 1/10 scale models of sounding rocket through Mach number ranging from 1.75 to 2.5 and for angle of attack from $0^{\circ}$ to $6^{\circ}$. Aerodynamic forces and moments were measured by means of a 4 component internal balance. With measured forces and moments, static stability characteristics of rocket were calculated. Tests were made for three models with different length to determine the effect of body length. The visualization of shock waves was carried out by Schlieren optical system to observe variations of shock waves with Mach number and angle of attack.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.89-92
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• 2006

Aerodynamic heating temperature shown in a NASA's sounding rocket test data was reproduced with CFD technique, comparing with those with analytical method CFD made heat transfer rates and recovery temperatures as the flight trajectory, which made it possible to calculate the wall temperature of rocket. The predicted wall temperature was compared with analytically predicted temperatures. Both the temperatures were compatible although their recovery temperature and heat transfer rates are a little different.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.189-189
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• 2000

A controller test on a sounding rocket using a testbed is discussed in the paper. Because of the high cost and the risk for the flight test the hardware simulation on the ground is performed. In this paper the conventional On/Off Controller is applied to the attitude control of a sounding rocket. The hardware simulation results are compared with those of the software simulation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.80-88
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• 2003

This paper describes the development of an ozone detector and an electron probe as parts of scientific payloads for sounding rockets such as the KSR-III. Each detector consists of sensor parts and electronic parts. We successfully carried out the calibration tests with developed ozone detector and the space plasma simulation chamber tests with electron detector. These payloads could be onboard the KSR-III and with measured data, it is expected and temperature profile over the Korean Peninsular.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.133-139
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• 2003

Position and trajectory data in-flight rocket are important informations to determine flight safety of rocket. In general tracking system, radar and transponder are used to acquire position information. Rocket position and trajectory can be determined by RF communication between ground station and in-flight rocket, and antenna position date. In this paper, it explains the ranging system which is low resolution rather than radar system but system configuration is simple. Therefore this system is useful for experimental flight vehicle.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.373-389
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• 1998

The test result of the X-ray observation system is presented which have been developed at Korea Astronomy Observatory for 3 years(1995 -1997). The instrument, which is composed of detector and signal processing parts, is designed for the future observations of compact X-ray sources. The performance of the instrument was tested by mounting on the two-stage Korean Sounding Rocket, which was launched from Taean rocket flight center on June 11 at 10:00 KST 1998. Telemetry data was received from individual parts of the instrument for 32 and 55.7 sec, respectively, since the launch of the rocket. In this paper, the result of the data analysis based on the received telemetry data and discussion about the performance of the instrument is reported.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.6 no.11
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• pp.981-986
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• 2000

A pulse amplitude modulation(PAM) controller is designed for the 3 axis attitude control of a sounding rocket. a certain number of fixed level of thrust are used for the pulse amplitude modulation and the nonlinearity of the controller is considered to examine the existence of the limit cycles and the stability analysis is carried out with the aid of Nyquist plot.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.116-123
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• 2002

This paper describes the development of gimbals engine actuation system for KSR(Korean Sounding Rocket)-III which performs the attitude control of pitch and yaw axes by thrust vector control of liquid propellant gimbals engine. The development requirements of configuration, performance and environment are introduced, and the principles and details of components and system development are discussed. The developed system successfully fulfilled its own performance and environmental evaluation. It will be planned to perform verification of interface and integration compatibility with other related systems, and then mounted on KSR-III as a flight hardware system.

• Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.153-168
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• 2024

Sounding rockets are cost-effective and rapidly deployable tools for directly exploring the ionosphere and microgravity environments. These rockets achieve their target altitudes quickly and are equipped with various scientific instruments to collect real-time data. Perigee Aerospace plans its inaugural test launch in the first half of 2024, followed by a second performance test launch in January 2025. The second launch, scheduled off the coast of Jeju Island, aims to reach an altitude of approximately 150 km with a payload of 30 kg, conducting various experiments in the suborbital region. Particularly in mid-latitude regions, the ionosphere sporadically exhibits increased electron densities in the sporadic E layers and magnetic fluctuations caused by the equatorial electrojet. To measure these phenomena, the sounding rocket version of ionospheric anomaly monitoring by magnetometer and plasma-probe (IAMMAP), currently under development at the KAIST Satellite Research Center, will be onboard. This study focuses on enhancing our understanding of the mid-latitude ionosphere and designing observable missions for the forthcoming performance tests.