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Study on the Feasibility of Space Weapon Development Utilizing Active Debris Removal Techniques and Understanding of Space Maneuver Warfare (우주 쓰레기 제거기술을 활용한 우주무기 개발 개연성 고찰 및 우주기동전(Space Maneuver Warfare)의 이해)

  • Seonghwan Choi
    • Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.165-198
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    • 2023
  • According to the studies recently published through advanced maui optical and space surveillance technologies (AMOS) Conference 2021, LEO conjunction assessment revolves around not on operating satellites but space debris such as rocket bodies and non-operational satellites, hence suggesting a solution through space traffic management. Against this backdrop, the issue of active debris removal (ADR) has emerged to the surface as an international challenge throughout the globe. In step with this, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution calling on nations to halt tests of direct-ascent anti-satellites, to which U.S. and twelve other nations included Republic of Korea were original signatories. ADR techniques are also actively being researched in the civil sector, and these commercial services, if successfully developed, could possibly be utilized for military use as well. As such, this paper will help readers' understanding for the current status of ADR techniques, space threat assessments, on-orbit rendezvous and proximity operations by looking at previous cases, reflecting on space-faring nations' ADR techniques and its development probability in relation to space weapons. As a conclusion, this study will propose the needs of developing space propulsion system by understanding Space Maneuver Warfare in preparation for the future space battlefield.

Research for Space Activities of Korea Air Force - Political and Legal Perspective (우리나라 공군의 우주력 건설을 위한 정책적.법적고찰)

  • Shin, Sung-Hwan
    • The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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    • v.18
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    • pp.135-183
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    • 2003
  • Aerospace force is a determining factor in a modem war. The combat field is expanding to space. Thus, the legitimacy of establishing aerospace force is no longer an debating issue, but "how should we establish aerospace force" has become an issue to the military. The standard limiting on the military use of space should be non-aggressive use as asserted by the U.S., rather than non-military use as asserted by the former Soviet Union. The former Soviet Union's argument is not even strongly supported by the current Russia government, and realistically is hard to be applied. Thus, the multi-purpose satellite used for military surveillance or a commercial satellite employed for military communication are allowed under the U.S. principle of peaceful use of space. In this regard, Air Force may be free to develop a military surveillance satellite and a communication satellite with civilian research institute. Although MTCR, entered into with the U.S., restricts the development of space-launching vehicle for the export purpose, the development of space-launching vehicle by the Korea Air Force or Korea Aerospace Research Institute is beyond the scope of application of MTCR, and Air Force may just operate a satellite in the orbit for the military purpose. The primary task for multi-purpose satellite is a remote sensing; SAR sensor with high resolution is mainly employed for military use. Therefore, a system that enables Air Force, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, and Agency for Defense Development to conduct joint-research and development should be instituted. U.S. Air Force has dismantled its own space-launching vehicle step by step, and, instead, has increased using private space launching vehicle. In addition, Military communication has been operated separately from civil communication services or broadcasting services due to the special circumstances unique to the military setting. However, joint-operation of communication facility by the military and civil users is preferred because this reduces financial burden resulting from separate operation of military satellite. During the Gulf War, U.S. armed forces employed commercial satellites for its military communication. Korea's participation in space technology research is a little bit behind in time, considering its economic scale. In terms of budget, Korea is to spend 5 trillion won for 15 years for the space activities. However, Japan has 2 trillion won annul budget for the same activities. Because the development of space industry during initial fostering period does not apply to profit-making business, government supports are inevitable. All space development programs of other foreign countries are entirely supported by each government, and, only recently, private industry started participating in limited area such as a communication satellite and broadcasting satellite, Particularly, Korea's space industry is in an infant stage, which largely demands government supports. Government support should be in the form of investment or financial contribution, rather than in the form of loan or borrowing. Compared to other advanced countries in space industry, Korea needs more budget and professional research staff. Naturally, for the efficient and systemic space development and for the prevention of overlapping and distraction of power, it is necessary to enact space-related statutes, which would provide dear vision for the Korea space development. Furthermore, the fact that a variety of departments are running their own space development program requires a centralized and single space-industry development system. Prior to discussing how to coordinate or integrate space programs between Agency for Defense Development and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, it is a prerequisite to establish, namely, "Space Operations Center"in the Air Force, which would determine policy and strategy in operating space forces. For the establishment of "Space Operations Center," policy determinations by the Ministry of National Defense and the Joint Chief of Staff are required. Especially, space surveillance system through using a military surveillance satellite and communication satellite, which would lay foundation for independent defense, shall be established with reference to Japan's space force plan. In order to resolve issues related to MTCR, Air Force would use space-launching vehicle of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. Moreover, defense budge should be appropriated for using multi-purpose satellite and communication satellite. The Ministry of National Defense needs to appropriate 2.5 trillion won budget for space operations, which amounts to Japan's surveillance satellite operating budges.

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드론 핵심 기술 및 향후 과제

  • Yun, Gwang-Jun
    • The Optical Journal
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    • s.158
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    • pp.52-54
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    • 2015
  • 최근 무인항공기를 지칭하는 드론 관련 산업이 미래를 이끌 신산업으로 부상하고 있다. 드론은 20세기 초에 군사용으로 개발되어 정찰 감시 및 폭격과 같은 군사임무를 수행하여 왔으나 최근 들어 독일 DHL, 아마존, 구글 등과 같은 다국적 기업들이 상업적 용도로 활용을 선언하며 연구 개발에 뛰어 들면서 그 시장이 예상보다 빨리 커지고 있다. 미국 틸 그룹의 보고서에 의하면 2013년 세계 드론 시장의 규모는 66억 달러였고 그 중 군사용이 90% 이상을 차지하고 있으나 향후 민수용 시장 비율이 상당히 커질 것으로 예상된다. 2022년에는 114억 달러 규모로 커질 것으로 예상하고 있다. 현재 민수용으로 사진 촬영용 소형 드론으로부터 정밀농업, 인프라 관리, 택배 및 화물 수송 등으로 운용 범위를 확대하고 있다. 국내 드론 산업은 군수 위주로 시작되어 세계 7위권의 기술력을 확보한 것으로 평가되고 있다. 무인기 분야의 연구개발은 국방과학연구소와 한국항공우주연구원 등 정부출연연구소가 주도하는 가운데, 한국항공우주산업, 대한 항공이 주로 체계종합(System Integrator) 및 비행체 개발을 담당하고 LIG넥스원, 삼성탈레스, 삼성테크윈 등의 대기업을 포함한 중소업체들이 부체계 기술을 개발하고 있다. 최근 소형 드론을 중심으로 시장형성이 가시화되는 민수 시장에서는 가격, 기술 경쟁력의 열위에 있어, 국내 산업 경쟁력 확보와 미래 시장을 선도할 핵심 제품 개발이 시급한 실정이다. 또한 무인기의 비행체 국산화는 상당한 수준으로 진행되었으나, 광학(EO) 적외선(IR) 카메라 등 핵심 부가가치를 구성하는 탑재 임무장비의 경우 원천기술의 부족으로 해외에 의존하고 있다.

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Development Trends of Small Satellites and Military Applications (소형위성의 개발현황 및 군사적 활용 방안)

  • Lee, Sanghyun;Oh, Jaeyo;Kwon, Kyebeom;Lee, Gil-Young;Cho, Taehwan
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.213-219
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    • 2017
  • Large satellite development programs might take decades to build, launch and operate in space environments at costs in excess of a billion dollars. However, small satellites can reduce the costs not only by using commercial software and sensors, but also by shortening the development period to two years or less. In this paper, we discuss the development status of small satellites, and propose some military applications of small satellites. First, we describe the industrial trends of small satellites in advanced countries such as the United States and Japan. Also, we describe the development status of small satellites in Korea. Military applications are largely classified into education, research, and operational purposes. Small satellites are developing rapidly in commercial markets and they will play an important role in military sector. Therefore, the military should consider small satellites as important strategic assets in future conflicts and provide means to develop them.

Research on the Necessity of Building the Second Space Rocket Launching Sites for Breakthrough Development of R.O.K National Space Power (도약적 국가 우주력 발전을 선도할 제2 우주센터 구축 필요성 연구)

  • Park, Ki-tae
    • Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.146-168
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    • 2022
  • Witnessing current military conflicts in South China Sea and Eastern Europe, most defense analysts evaluate one of the most serious security threat toward the US is coming from the superpower competitions with Russia and China. The main means for such super power hegemonic competitions is military power and space power is a key enabler to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of military employment. Reflecting above circumstances, the space hegemonic competition between the Unites States and China is spreading into all aspects of national powers. Under such an environment, R.O.K needs to significantly develop national space power to preserve life and assets of people in space. On the other hand, the R.O.K has a lot of limitations in launching space assets into orbits by land-based space rockets due to its geographic locations. The limitation of rocket launching direction, the failure to secure a significant area enough to secure safety and the limitation to secure open area enough to build associated facilities are among them. On this paper, I will suggest the need to build the 2nd space rocket launching site after analyzing a lot of short-falls the current 'Naro' space center face, compared to those of advanced space powers around the world.

International Legal Regulation on Commercial Space Activity (상업적 우주활동의 국제법적 규제)

  • Lee, Young-Jin
    • The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.183-221
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    • 2013
  • While in the early stages of space activities only a few states engaged in the use of outer space, as is well known, commercial space activities have grown dramatically in recent years. Both states, state institutions, and international governmental organizations as well as many private enterprises are engaged in such commercial use of outer space by now. This development is not reflected in the present state of space law. The existing international instruments of space law were developed and finalized before this development and thus only provide very few and sometimes unfitting provisions for the commercial use of outer space and particularly the use by private enterprises. Law formulated in an era when the word "privatization" had not even been coined cannot contain potential problems caused by the increasing commercialization of outer space. For the promotion and further development of such commercial use of outer space it is necessary to clarify and establish the legal framework for such use, because participants will need this information for their future investments in this field. The purpose of this paper is to research and make an analysis of the contents and international regulation of international space commerce, which is rapidly proliferating and to review the process of improvement on national legislations relating to the commercialization of outer space in a few main space advanced countries to make the sustainable progress of commercial space activities project in international society. The legal implications of matters such as international commercial launch services, the liability aspects of such services, intellectual property rights, insurance, product liability insurance and materials processing could one day will be subject to regulated by international space law as well as domestic law. In fact, the question of commercialization is linked to the question of sharing benefits of space activities, and this currently is an agenda item in the Legal Subcommittee of UN COPUOS. Most of developed countries have enacted the national legislation for commercial space activities relating to the development of our space as follows : The National Aeronautic and Space Act of 1958 and the Commercial Space Act of 1998 in the United States, Outer Space Act of 1986 in England, Establishment Act of National Space Center of 1961 in France, Canadian Space Agency Act of 1990 in Canada, Space Basic Act of 2008 in Japan, and Law on Space Activity of 1993 in Russia. Becides there are currently three national legislations relating to space development and commercial space activities in Korea as follows : Aerospace Industry Development Promotion Act of 1987, Outer Space Development Promotion Act of 2005, Outer Space Damage Compensation Act of 2008. Commercial space great promise for the utilization and expansion of human outer space activities but aspring commercial actors must recognize that foreign policy, as well as obligations to the international community as a whole, ensure that commercial space activities will not operate in a legal and regulatory vacuum. As commercial space matures the law and accompanying regulation will most certainly evolve and choose to become participants in the inevitable evolution of law and regulation.

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특집 : 극한환경재료기술 - Nb 소재 및 부품 적용 기술

  • Gwon, Yong-Nam
    • 기계와재료
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.74-81
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    • 2010
  • Nb 및 Nb합금은 과거 냉전시대에 우주 군사용 고온재료 중 하나로 각광을 받으며 활발한 연구개발이 이루어졌으나 고온 산화에 취약한 특성으로 인해 실제로는 크게 적용되지는 않았다. 이후 Nb은 주로 고강도 철강 및 내열합금의 합금원소로 사용되고 있다. 일부에서 Nb이 가지는 초전도 특성을 활용한 부품 개발이 진행되고 있다. 본고에서는 국내에서 많이 연구되지 않은 Nb소재의 일반적인 특징 및 공업적 응용사례에 대해 간략하게 소개를 하고자 한다. 또한, Nb이 가지는 초전도특성을 이용하여 고에너지입자 가속기의 핵심부품인 radio-frequency cavity의 개발에 대해서도 소개를 하고자 한다.

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Beginning of the Meteorological Satellite: The First Meteorological Satellite TIROS (기상위성의 태동: 최초의 기상위성 TIROS)

  • Ahn, Myoung-Hwan
    • Atmosphere
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.489-497
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    • 2012
  • Recently released a top secret document explicitly shows that the early development plan for an earth observation satellite in the USA has a hidden and more important purpose for a concept of 'free space' than the scientific purpose. At that time, the hidden and secret concept imbedded within the early space development plan prevail other national policies of the USA government for purpose of the national security. Under these circumstances, it is quite reasonable to accept a possibility that the meteorological satellites which play a key role in the every area of meteorology and climatology was also born for the hidden purposes. Even it is so, it is quite amazing that the first meteorological satellite is launched in the USA despite of the facts that the major users of the meteorological satellites were not very enthusiastic with the meteorological satellite and the program was not started as a formal meteorological satellite project. This was only possible because of the external socio-political impact caused by the successful launch of the Russian Sputnik satellite and a few key policy developers who favored the meteorological satellite program. It is also interesting to note that the beginning of the first Korean meteorological satellite program was initiated by a similar socio-political influence occurred by the launch of a North Korean satellite.

Applying 3D Printing Spare Parts to Operation Field (3D 프린팅 수리부품의 작전현장 적용을 위한 방안)

  • Yoo, Seunghee;Hur, Jangwan;Lee, Heungryong
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.54-61
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    • 2019
  • The 3D printing technology took the second place within the top ten rising technologies at the World Economic Forum in 2012. It arose as a core technology that would enable transformation in the manufacturing industry and develop new markets through the change of existing industry paradigms. Leading countries, like the United States of America, are actively expanding the use of 3D printing technologies within their defense areas. In order to utilize the technology within her defense areas, the Republic of Korea is planning to acquire defense spare parts manufacturing technologies and nurture professional defense personnel specializing in the 3D printing technology. Hence, this study offers various methods to efficiently apply reliable 3D printing spare parts to operation fields in the future by utilizing spare parts localization development management methods within existing weapon systems' development, manufacturing and sustainment phases.

Four Pollution & Safe Measure in Building Demolition (구조물폭파공법 시공시 발파공해안전대책 -소음.진동.분진.비석공해를 중심으로-)

  • 안명석
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 1993.04a
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    • pp.153-173
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    • 1993
  • 폭약은 탄광에서 석탄이나 각종 광물을 캐거나, 건설토목현장에서 암반 제거를 위해서 주로 사용되었다. 전쟁에서 군사용으로 파괴를 위한 목적으로 사용되기도 하였으나, 최근의 동서화해 분위기와 남북통일이 무르익는 시대적 조류로 볼때 더이상 파괴용으로의 사용은 제어될 것이고 이제는 평화를 위하여, 건설을 위하여, 산업발전을 위하여 더 많이 사용되어지고 응용되어질 것이다. 작금의 첨단산업의 발달과 산업의 고도화로 우리 화약 업계에도 첨단발파기술의 개발에 많은 관심과 연구.개발을 진행중이다. 첨단발파기술의 응용사례를 소개하면, 건축토목 분야에서 노후 고층빌딩 및 굴뚝의 철거, 노후 교량 및 공장시설의 철거등에 활용되고 있으며, 위락서비스 분야에서 응용으로는 불꽃놀이를 들 수 있다. 최근에는 첨단 과학 장비를 이용하여 각종 꽃불의 모양이 음악과 미술등 예술적인 기능을 기억시킨 컴퓨터를 활용하여 보다 고차원의 공예술품(공학-예술)을 만들어낸다. 아울러 각종 기공식 발파시에도 예술적 기능과 웅장함을 가미하여 그 화려함을 극치에 다다르게 한다. 그외에도 로켓트 발사추진제등의 우주 개발에의 응용, 석유시추등 해양개발에의 응용, 각종 공학 실험연구에의 응용, 폭발 가공에의 응용, 의학에의 응용, 철강산업에의 응용 등으로 그 숫자를 이제는 일일이 나열하기 힘들 정도로 광범위해졌다.

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