• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.135-138
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• 2011

As a basic research for the development of Korean lunar lander, propulsion system development for ground test is in progress. Thrust for descent is 200 N class. Design target is 220 N in vacuum thrust at 100 g/s flow rate, 200 psi chamber pressure. For ground test, thrust measurement system using LM guide was developed and test was performed. The result shows 160 N thrust in atmosphere condition at 210 psi chamber pressure.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.9
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• pp.843-854
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• 2009

For preparing Korean lunar missions, optimal Earth-Moon transfer trajectory is designed using continuous low thrust. Using both constant and variable low thrusting method, "End-to-End" mission analysis is made from beginning of the Earth departure to the final lunar arrival. Spacecraft's equations of motion is expressed using N-body dynamics including the gravitational effects due to the Earth, Moon, Sun and also with Earth's $J_2$ effects. Planets' exact locations are computed accurately with JPL's DE405 ephemeris. As a results, optimal thrust steering angle's characteristics are discovered which showed almost tangential direction burns at the near of central planets. Also, it is confirmed that variable low thrusting method is more efficient than constant thrusting method, and can save about 5% of fuel consumption. Presented algorithm and various results will give numerous insights into the future Korea's Lunar missions using low thrust engines. Also, it is expected to be used as a basis of more detailed mission analyzing tool.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.31-39
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• 2016

This paper is studied on the effect of the bolt joint stiffness on the Thrust Measurement Stand(TMS). TMS is a test stand for thrust performance of the propulsion system, which depends on two factors: The $1^{st}$ is the parallel degree between directions of the thrust vector and action lines of the corresponding measuring load cells for the vector, and the $2^{nd}$ is the orthogonality between action lines of the measuring load cells. Therefore, it is essential to maintain the original shape of the TMS under operating conditions. In this paper, it is examined how the geometric tolerance of the bolt joints and threads of the load cell trains affect the performance of the TMS. Also, some techniques to overcome related problems are proposed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.42-45
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• 2012

As a basic research for the development of Korean lunar lander, propulsion system development for ground test is in progress. Design target is 220 N in ground thrust at 130 g/s flow rate, 200 psi chamber pressure. For the performance improvement, two type injector and catalyst bed was designed. For ground test, thrust measurement system using LM guide was developed and test was performed. The result shows 214.1 N thrust in atmosphere condition at 126.6 g/s flow rate.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.96-107
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• 2014

Korea Aerospace Research Institute has a plan to launch experimental lunar orbiter in 2017, and lunar orbiter and lander in 2020. In the mission planning phase, LOI(Lunar Orbit Insertion) maneuver strategy should be designed using finite burn model because on-board propulsion system of lunar orbiter in finite burn type. LOI maneuver plan and amount of required ${\Delta}V$ using finite burn model depend on the spacecraft attitude at burn, a type of propellant, thrust level and burn timing. This paper describes the LOI maneuver of lunar orbiter of foreign space agency and then comes up with the LOI maneuver plan of Korean lunar orbiter. Adequate thrust level and burn duration of Korean lunar orbiter also present by performing simulation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.27-30
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• 2011

For the successful development of korean lunar lander, the ground test is required in order to verify performance of propulsion system, attitude control system, performance of landing device and etc. In order to develop the lunar lander ground test model, development of large size thruster and pressure regulated propulsion system is now in progress. In this paper, the results of 200N class monopropellant thruster development and propulsion system design will be presented.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.581-584
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• 2010

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) started preliminary research about the propulsion system for lunar orbiter and moon lander this year in order to prepare korean moon exploration plan of 2020s. The final goal of this study is to develop a prototype propulsion system for lunar exploration and to perform ground landing test using this propulsion system. In this year, preliminary design of propulsion system and 200N class monopropellant thruster have been conducted. In this paper, the trade-off study result and the design concept of the propulsion system for Korean moon exploration will be introduced and preliminary design of propulsion system will be presented.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.50 no.5
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• pp.325-332
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• 2022

The vertical take-off and vertical landing (VTVL) function is essential to carry out exploration missions on the moon or Mars. For this, the engine of the exploration vehicle must have appropriate thrust control accuracy and response time. The hybrid rocket engine (HRE) is known to have a high level of thrust control capability that can satisfy these conditions. This study aims to first verify whether the thrust control performance of the developed HRE is suitable for VTVL. To this end, an oxidizer supply system that does not use a pressurization device was adopted, aiming for a mission time of about 10 seconds. In this study, the thrust control characteristics appearing under various supply pressure decreasing conditions were identified through experiments. Appropriate tank and charging conditions were set from the experimental results. In addition, the results of previous studies and current study's test were compared to confirm whether the developed HRE had adequate control performance for VTVL, and finally, the thrust control performance was verified through altitude control simulation.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.196.2-196.2
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• 2012

본 논문은 달착륙선의 개념설계를 위하여 고려한 전력시스템의 설계와 달착륙선의 지상시험모델용 추력기 밸브구동 전원장치 개발에 대해 기술하였다. 달착륙선의 임무특성을 고려하여 전력시스템의 구조를 검토하고, 극한의 온도환경에서 달착륙선의 임무수행을 위하여 필요한 전력에너지를 충분히 공급할 수 있도록 태양전지 배열기와 배터리의 용량, 그리고 전장품의 용량을 설계하였다. 특히 경량의 달착륙선 개발을 위하여 고효율의 태양전지를 이용한 태양전지 배열기와 리튬-이온 배터리를 검토하였다. 극한의 우주환경에서 태양전지배열기의 동작특성을 검토하고 생성될 수 있는 최대 전력을 분석하여 최적의 태양전지 배열기의 면적을 분석하고, 장시간의 월식을 고려하여 배터리의 방전특성에 따른 배터리의 전압특성을 검토하였다. 그리고 달착륙선의 전력시스템 개념설계의 타당성 검토를 위하여 유럽에서 개념설계 중인 달착륙선의 전력시스템 사양과 용량에 대해 비교검토를 수행하였다. 현재 개발중인 지상검증모델용 달착륙선의 전력시스템 설계와 추력기 밸브구동 전원장치의 개발에 관해 기술하였다. 지상검증용 전력시스템은 태양전지배열기의 장착 없이 배터리의 전력만을 사용하여 지상검증모델용 달착륙선의 부하에 전력을 공급할 수 있도록 설계되었다. 달착륙선 지상시험모델의 비행시간과 임무에 따른 부하특성을 고려하여 상용 리튬-이온 배터리의 용량을 선정하였으며, 부하의 전력을 고려하여 간단한 보호회로를 설계하였다. 그리고 지상검증용 전원시스템은 추력기의 밸브구동을 위한 추력기 밸브구동 전원장치, DC/DC 컨버터 전원 모듈, 모니터링 모듈, 그리고 위급상황에서 전원을 차단하기 위한 "Emergency STOP" 모듈로 구성되어 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.32-38
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• 2004

A comprehensive understanding is given for the hot-firing test results, which were obtained throughout the verification program of mono-propellant hydrazine rocket engines (thrusters) producing 0.95 lbf (4.2 N) of nominal steady-state thrust at an inlet pressure of 350 psia (2.41 Mpa). A scrutiny for the engine performance is made in terms of thrust and temperature behavior of steady state firing mode at the given propellant injection pressures: Pinj = 400, 250, 100, and 50 psi. The thrust and specific impulse are compared with a reference performance of 1-lbf standard rocket engines and their normalization procedure is introduced. A practical engineering approach to the data measurement and reduction is addressed, too.