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A Compatibility Study Between New Allocation to Maritime Mobile Satellite Service and Earth Exploration Satellite Service in X-band (X 대역 해상이동위성업무 추가 주파수 분배를 위한 지구탐사위성업무와의 양립성 연구)

  • Oh, Dae-Sub;Jung, Nam-Ho;Kim, Sooyoung
    • Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, we present the compatibility study results including the frequency sharing criteria between new allocation to maritime mobile satellite service and Earth exploration satellite service in the 7/8 GHz. The transmitting Earths station of MMSS in the 8025 - 8400 MHz band would make harmful interference to the receiving Earth station of EESS operating in the same frequency band. In order to ensure the compatibility with EESS, the separation distance is provided as a frequency sharing criteria. The republic of Korea has a plan to launch the geostationary satellite around 2017 and EESS Earth station will be operated in 8025 - 8400 MHz band. Therefore, we calculate the interference levels and separation distance using the system parameters of two Earth station systems. As results of the study, the separation distances for LOS path and Non-LOS path due to the geographical characteristics are shown around 471 km and 200 km, respectively.

Methodology to Develop the Technology of Web-based Satellite Photogrammetry (웹기반 위성사진측량 기술개발 방안)

  • Kim, Eui-Myoung
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.117-123
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    • 2012
  • Many nations have been launched their own earth observation satellites due to much interest in space exploration. Because of this, the number of high resolution satellite are increasing day by day. With the development of web environment, general users have easy access to satellite images. The research conducted a basic study about web-based satellite photogrammetry in order to determine three dimensional coordinates easily without having profound knowledge of satellite sensor modeling. Various element technologies were analyzed to decide three dimensional coordinates by using high resolution satellite images in web environment, and case studies were conducted by using IKONOS satellite images. By applying parallel projection model, which is one of sensor modeling methods, epipolar image was created and prototype form of program that can decide three dimensional location in web environment was implemented. Through this, general users could decide three dimensional location easily in web environment and knew that already existed spatial information can be renewed and used in service area.

Orbital Transfer Process and Analysis of Small Satellite for Capturing Korean Satellite as Active Debris Removal (ADR) Mission (우리별 위성 포획 임무 수행을 위한 소형위성의 궤도 천이 방법 및 분석)

  • Junchan Lee;Kyungin Kang
    • Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.101-117
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    • 2023
  • Active debris removal, a technology that approaches and removes space debris in orbit, and the on-orbit service, a technology for extending the mission life of satellites by fuel charging or by exchanging the battery, are gaining interest with the growth of the space community. SaTReC plans to develop a satellite capable of capturing and removing Korean satellites orbiting in space after the end of their missions. In contrast to the previously launched satellites by Korea, which were mainly intended to observe Earth and the space environment, rendezvous/docking technologies, as required in the future during, for instance, space exploration missions, will be implemented and demonstrated. In this paper, an orbital transition method for next-generation small satellites that will capture and remove space debris will be introduced. It is assumed that a small satellite with a mass of approximately 200 kg will be injected into the mission orbit through Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II in 2027. Because the satellite must access the target using a minimum amount of fuel, an approaching technology using Earth's J2 perturbation force has been developed. This method is expected to enable space debris removal missions for relatively lightweight satellites and to serve as the basis for carrying out a new type of space exploration in what is termed the 'Newspace' era.

Advances in Imaging of Subsurface Archaeology using GPR

  • Goodman Dean;Nishimur Yasushi;Schneider Kent;Piro Salvadore;Hongo Hiromichi;Higashi Noriaki
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.8-21
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    • 2004
  • Examples of GPR survey results at a variety of archaeological sites are presented. Several new analyses which include static corrections for the tilt of the GPR antenna are shown for imaging of burial mounds with significant topography. Example archaeological site plans developed from GPR remote sensing of Roman and Japanese sites are given. The first completely automated GPR survey, using only Global Positioning Satellite navigation to create 3D data volumes, is employed for a site in Louisiana to detect lost graves of the Choctaw Indian Tribe.

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Opening New Horizons with the L4 Mission: Vision and Plan

  • Kyung-Suk Cho;Junga Hwang;Jeong-Yeol Han;Seong-Hwan Choi;Sung-Hong Park;Eun-Kyung Lim;Rok-Soon Kim;Jungjoon Seough;Jong-Dae Sohn;Donguk Song;Jae-Young Kwak;Yukinaga Miyashita;Ji-Hye Baek;Jaejin Lee;Jinsung Lee;Kwangsun Ryu;Jongho Seon;Ho Jin;Sung-Jun Ye;Yong-Jae, Moon;Dae-Young Lee;Peter H. Yoon;Thiem Hoang;Veerle Sterken;Bhuwan Joshi;Chang-Han Lee;Jongjin Jang;Jae-Hwee Doh;Hwayeong Kim;Hyeon-Jeong Park;Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy;Talaat Elsayed;John Lee
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.263-275
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    • 2023
  • The Sun-Earth Lagrange point L4 is considered as one of the unique places where the solar activity and heliospheric environment can be observed in a continuous and comprehensive manner. The L4 mission affords a clear and wide-angle view of the Sun-Earth line for the study of the Sun-Earth and Sun-Moon connections from he perspective of remote-sensing observations. In-situ measurements of the solar radiation, solar wind, and heliospheric magnetic field are critical components necessary for monitoring and forecasting the radiation environment as it relates to the issue of safe human exploration of the Moon and Mars. A dust detector on the ram side of the spacecraft allows for an unprecedented detection of local dust and its interactions with the heliosphere. The purpose of the present paper is to emphasize the importance of L4 observations as well as to outline a strategy for the planned L4 mission with remote and in-situ payloads onboard a Korean spacecraft. It is expected that the Korean L4 mission can significantly contribute to improving the space weather forecasting capability by enhancing the understanding of heliosphere through comprehensive and coordinated observations of the heliosphere at multi-points with other existing or planned L1 and L5 missions.

Interference Impact Analysis of Ground Based Radar from Spaceborne High Resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (고해상도 위성 탑재 영상 레이다(SAR)의 지상 레이다에 미치는 간섭 영향 분석)

  • Song, Woo-Jin;Woo, Sung-Chul;Kwag, Young-Kil
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.663-668
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    • 2008
  • Recently, World Radio Conference(WRC)-2007 approved the ultrawide bandwidth of 500 MHz for the use of spaceborne synthetic aperture radar in X-band for the EESS(Earth Exploration Satellite Service) in order to improve the SAR imaging resolution. It is concerned about the interference impact from the spaceborne SAR that may cause to most of ground radars due to the extended ultra wideband. In this paper, in order to predict the interference impact of the ground-based radar from the spaceborne radar, radar interference model is presented using radar characteristic parameters by taking into account the operating environments of the spaceborne and ground based radar in the time, space, and spectrum domains. Using the spaceborne SAR model of TerraSAR-X and ground radar model of meteorological radar recommended by ITU-R, the interference impact was assessed through the computer simulation to see the possible interference impact of the ground based radar operating in the Korean peninsula.