• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2016

This paper presents an algorithm for Real-Time Orbit Determination (RTOD) of navigation satellites for the Korean Regional Navigation Satellite System (KRNSS), when the navigation satellites generate ephemeris by themselves in abnormal situations. The KRNSS is an independent Regional Navigation Satellite System (RNSS) that is currently within the basic/preliminary research phase, which is intended to provide a satellite navigation service for South Korea and neighboring countries. Its candidate constellation comprises three geostationary and four elliptical inclined geosynchronous orbit satellites. Relative distance ranging between the KRNSS satellites based on Inter-Satellite Ranging (ISR) is adopted as the observation model. The extended Kalman filter is used for real-time estimation, which includes fine-tuning the covariance, measurement noise, and process noise matrices. Simulation results show that ISR precision of 0.3-0.7 m, ranging capability of 65,000 km, and observation intervals of less than 20 min are required to accomplish RTOD accuracy to within 1 m. Furthermore, close correlation is confirmed between the dilution of precision and RTOD accuracy.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2016

Orbit determination problems have been interest of many researchers for long time. Due to the high nonlinearity of the equation of motion and the measurement model, it is necessary to linearize the both equations. To avoid linearization, the filter based on Fokker-Planck equation is designed. with the extended Kalman filter update mechanism, in which the associated Fokker-Planck equation was solved efficiently and accurately via discrete quadrature and the measurement update was done through the extended Kalman filter update mechanism. This filter based on the DQMOM and the EKF update is applied to the orbit determination problem with appropriate modification to mitigate the filter smugness. Unlike the extended Kalman filter, the hybrid filter based on the DQMOM and the EKF update does not require the burdensome evaluation of the Jacobian matrix and Gaussian assumption for the system, and can still provide more accurate estimations of the state than those of the extended Kalman filter especially when measurements are sparse. Simulation results indicate that the advantages of the hybrid filter based on the DQMOM and the EKF update make it a promising alternative to the extended Kalman filter for orbit estimation problems.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 발사체 상단의 유도 방식 선정을 위해서 Saturn 발사체의 주차 궤도 및 달 전이 궤도 투입에 성공적으로 사용된 IGM을 개선한 외연적 유도 알고리듬에 대해서 다루었다. 이 알고리듬을 주어진 발사체의 상단부인 2단 및 3단 구간에 적용할 경우에 대해서 유도 성능을 분석하였다. 3-자유도 모의시험을 통해 궤도 투입시점에서의 위치 및 속도 정밀도를 계산했으며, 개략적으로 투입지점을 계산함으로 해서 생기는 유도 알고리듬의 성능 저하를 보완하기 위한 방법을 제안하였다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제34권9호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2006

현재 개발 중인 통신해양기상위성은 남쪽면에만 태양전지판이 장착되어 있기 때문에 태양복사압에 의하여 누적되는 모멘텀을 줄이기 위해 휠오포로딩을 정기적으로 수행해야 한다. 일반적으로 정지궤도 위성은 경도와 이심률을 보정하기 위해서 2번의 위치유지 기동을 매 주기마다 수행하는데, 본 논문에서는 기상센서와 해양센서의 충분한 관측시간을 확보하기 위해서 2번의 동서위치보정 기동 중 1번의 기동을 휠오포로딩과 동시에 수행될 수 있다. 선형 궤도기동 방정식을 적용하여 기동시각과 기동크기를 얻었다. 이렇게 구한 기동을 적용하여 수치적분으로 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 또한 이를 휠오프로딩과 동시에 수행하지 않는 일반적 방법과 비교 검토 하였다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.357-366
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• 2020

This paper addressed a relative navigation method for autonomous rendezvous and docking of cube-satellites using single frequency Differential GPS (DGPS) under the intermittent communication between satellites. Since the ionospheric error of GPS measurement is variable depending on the visible satellites, a few meters error of relative navigation is occurred in the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) environment. Therefore, it is essential to remove the ionospheric error to perform relative navigation. Besides, an intermittent communication period for receiving GPS measurements of the target satellite is limited for getting information every sampling time. To solve this problem, a method combining range domain DGPS and orbit propagation is proposed in this paper. The proposed method improves the performance of DGPS by using Hatch filter and solves an intermittent communication problem by estimating the relative position and velocity using Hill-Clohessy-Wiltshire Equation. Through the simulation, it is verified that the suggested algorithm provides the relative position error within RMS 0.5 m and the relative velocity error within RMS 3 cm/s. Furthermore, it has the advantage that it is suitable for real-time implementation using single-frequency GPS measurements and is computationally efficient.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.109-116
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• 2022

The small-scale magnetospheric and ionospheric plasma experiment (SNIPE) is a mission initiated by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) in 2017 and comprises four 6U-sized nano-satellites (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute Satellite-1, KASISat-1) flying in formations. The main goal of the SNIPE mission is to investigate the space environment in low Earth orbit at 500-km. Because Iridium & GPS Board (IGB) is installed on the KASISat-1, a communication simulation is required to analyze the contact number and the duration. In this study, communication simulations between the Iridium satellite network and KASISat-1 are performed using STK Pro (System Tool Kit Pro Ver 11.2) from the AGI (Analytical Graphics, Inc.). The contact number and durations were analyzed by each orbit and date. The analysis shows that the average access number per day is 38.714 times, with an average of 2.533 times per orbit for a week. Furthermore, on average, the Iridium satellite communication is linked for 70.597 min daily. Moreover, 4.625 min is the average duration of an individual orbit.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.333-344
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• 2011

An optical tracking system has advantages for observing geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellites relatively over other types of observation system. Regular surveying for unidentified space objects with the optical tracking system can be an early warning tool for the safety of five Korean active GEO satellites. Two strategies of positioning on the observed image of Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite 1 are tested and compared. Photometric method has a half root mean square error against streak method. Also eccentricity method for initial orbit determination (IOD) is tested with simulation data and real observation data. Under 10 minutes observation time interval, eccentricity method shows relatively better IOD results than the other time interval. For follow-up observation of unidentified space objects, at least two consecutive observations are needed in 5 minutes to determine orbit for geosynchronous orbit space objects.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2000년도 한국우주과학회보 제9권1호
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• pp.33-33
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• 2000

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• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.319-332
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• 2011

The objectives of this study are to analyze the satellite visibility at the randomly established ground sites, to determine the five optimal ground sites to perform the optical surveillance and tracking of domestic satellites, and to verify the acquisition of the optical observation time sufficient to maintain the precise ephemeris at optimal ground sites that have been already determined. In order to accomplish these objectives, we analyzed the visibility for sun-synchronous orbit satellites, low earth orbit satellites, middle earth orbit satellites and domestic satellites as well as the continuous visibility along with the fictitious satellite ground track, and calculate the effective visibility. For the analysis, we carried out a series of repetitive process using the satellite tool kit simulation software developed by Analytical Graphics Incorporated. The lighting states of the penumbra and direct sun were set as the key constraints of the optical observation. The minimum of the observation satellite elevation angle was set to be 20 degree, whereas the maximum of the sun elevation angle was set to be -10 degree which is within the range of the nautical twilight. To select the candidates for the optimal optical observation, the entire globe was divided into 84 sectors in a constant interval, the visibility characteristics of the individual sectors were analyzed, and 17 ground sites were arbitrarily selected and analyzed further. Finally, five optimal ground sites (Khurel Togoot Observatory, Assy-Turgen Observatory, Tubitak National Observatory, Bisdee Tier Optical Astronomy Observatory, and South Africa Astronomical Observatory) were determined. The total observation period was decided as one year. To examine the seasonal variation, the simulation was performed for the period of three days or less with respect to spring, summer, fall and winter. In conclusion, we decided the optimal ground sites to perform the optical surveillance and tracking of domestic satellites and verified that optical observation time sufficient to maintain the precise ephemeris could be acquired at the determined observatories.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 위성간 상대 궤도 운동과 최적화 기법에 근거한 다위성체 편대비행 형상 유지에 관한 연구 결과를 제시하였다. 편대를 이루는 위성간의 상대 운동은 궤도 압축 방법을 이용한 닫힌 형태의 궤도 전파기를 이용하여 분석하였고, 최적화 기법을 도입하여 편대 비행 형상을 유지하기 위한 각 위성의 궤도 기동 절차를 설계하였다. 예제로서 원형 편대 비행 제어 문제에 적용하였고 비선형 시뮬레이션 결과를 제시하였다.