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A Simulation Based Assessment for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Quasi-Zenith Satellite System

  • Suh, Yong-Cheol;Shibasaki, Ryosuke
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.181-190
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    • 2003
  • Since the operation of the first satellite-based navigation service, satellite positioning has played an increasing role in both surveying and geodesy, and has become an indispensable tool for precise relative positioning. However, in some situations, e.g. at a low angle of elevation, the use of satellites for navigation is seriously restricted because obstacles like buildings and mountains can block signals. As a mean to resolve this problem, the quasi-zenith satellite system has been proposed as a next-generation satellite navigation system. Quasi-zenith satellite is a system which simultaneously deploys several satellites in a quasi-zenith geostationary orbit so that one of the satellites always stay close to the zenith if viewed from a specific point on the ground of East Asia. Thus, if a position measurement function compatible with CPS is installed in the quasi-zenith and stationary satellites, and these satellites are utilized together with the CPS, four satellites can be accessed simultaneously nearly all day long and a substantial improvement in position measurement, especially in metropolitan areas, can be achieved. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of quasi-zenith satellite system on positioning accuracy improvement through simulation by using precise orbital information of the satellites and a three-dimensional digital map. Through this developed simulation system, it is possible to calculate the number of simultaneously visible satellites and available area for positioning without the need of actual observation. Furthermore, this system can calculate the Dilution Of Precision (DOP) and the error distribution.

Radarsat-1 Doppler Information Extraction Technique Using Both Received Echo Data and Orbital and Attitude Information of Satellite (신호자료 및 궤도정보를 이용한 Radarsat-1 도플러 정보 추출기법 연구)

  • 고보연;나원상;이용웅
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.421-430
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    • 2003
  • The extraction technique for Doppler information(Doppler centroid frequency(f$_{dc}$) and it's rate(f$_{r}$) is very important to make an image from the radar echo signal data. Clutterlock and auto-focusing techniques have been widely used to extract accurate Doppler information. But both techniques are not easy to implement in SAR processor and need quite lots of time to calculate accurate f$_{dc}$ and f$_{r}$ because they are generally based on echo signal data only. In this paper we suggest hybrid method for Doppler extraction using both of echo signal data and orbital and attitude information of satellite. In this method CDE(Correlation Doppler Estimation) technique is only used to estimate exact modular f$_{dc}$ using received echo signal data and rest of other algorithms are based on simple mathematical model of geometry between satellite and ground targets as well as the Doppler frequency ambiguity resolving problem. The experimental results using Radarsat-1 signal data shows that the proposed method can be effectively used for the extraction of Doppler information.

Streak Estimation Method for Obtaining Orbital Information of Unknown Space Objects (미지 우주물체 궤도 정보 획득을 위한 스트릭 추정 방법 검토)

  • Hyun, Chul;Lee, Sangwook;Lee, Hojin;Lee, Jongmin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.1448-1454
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    • 2018
  • In an optical observing system, three pairs of observations at equal time intervals are required for the orbit determination method to obtain orbital information of an unknown space objects. In this paper, we propose a method of estimating a streak for acquiring three pairs of observations using one streak image information. Satellite trajectory simulation data were generated for nine cases using the STK program in order to verify the characteristics of the orbit of space object and estimation performance. Simulation was performed by applying three approaches that can estimate the next streak position after a few seconds from one streak image information, and the estimation performance was evaluated. Linear vector method and Kalman Filter method based on the linear assumption tend to increase the estimation error in the region where the nonlinearity is large. However estimation method using the polynomial curve fitting based on the least square method showed smaller and uniform error result than the previous methods.

Improving Orbit Determination Precision of Satellite Optical Observation Data Using Deep Learning (심층 학습을 이용한 인공위성 광학 관측 데이터의 궤도결정 정밀도 향상)

  • Hyeon-man Yun;Chan-Ho Kim;In-Soo Choi;Soung-Sub Lee
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.262-271
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, by applying deep learning, one of the A.I. techniques, through angle information, which is optical observation data generated when observing satellites at observatories, distance information from observatories is learned to predict range data, thereby increasing the precision of satellite's orbit determination. To this end, we generated observational data from GMAT, reduced the learning data error of deep learning through preprocessing of the generated observational data, and conducted deep learning through MATLAB. Based on the predicted distance information from learning, trajectory determination was performed using an extended Kalman filter, one of the filtering techniques for trajectory determination, through GMAT. The reliability of the model was verified by comparing and analyzing the orbital determination with angular information without distance information and the orbital determination result with predicted distance information from the model.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Quasi-Zenith Satellite System on Positioning Accuracy Based on 3D Digital Map Through Simulation

  • Suh, Yong-Cheol;Konishi, Yusuke;Shibasaki, Ryosuke
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.751-756
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    • 2002
  • Since the operation of the first satellite-based navigation services, satellite positioning has played an increasing role in both surveying and navigation, and has become an indispensable tool for precise relative positioning. However, in some situations, e.g. at a low angle of elevation, the use of satellites for navigation is seriously restricted because obstacles like buildings and mountains can block signals. As a mean to resolve this problem, the quasi-zenith satellite system has been proposed as a next-generation satellite navigation system. Quasi-zenith satellite is a system which simultaneously deploys several satellites in a quasi-zenith geostationary orbit so that one of the satellites always stay close to the zenith if viewed from a specific point on the ground of East Asia. Thus, if a position measurement function compatible with GPS is installed in the quasi-zenith and stationary satellites, and these satellites are utilized together with the GPS, four satellites can be accessed simultaneously nearly all day long and a substantial improvement in position measurement, especially in metropolitan areas, can be achieved. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of quasi-zenith satellite system on positioning accuracy improvement through simulation by using precise orbital information of the satellites and a three-Dimensional digital map. Through this simulation system, it is possible to calculate the number of simultaneously visible satellites and available area of the positioning without the need of actual observation.

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An Application of Hilbert-Huang Transform on the Non-Stationary Astronomical Time Series: The Superorbital Modulation of SMC X-1

  • Hu, Chin-Ping;Chou, Yi;Wu, Ming-Chya;Yang, Ting-Chang;Su, Yi-Hao
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.79-82
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    • 2013
  • We present the Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) analysis on the quasi-periodic modulation of SMC X-1. SMC X-1, consisting of a neutron star and a massive companion, exhibits superorbital modulation with a period varying between ~40 d and ~65 d. We applied the HHT on the light curve observed by the All-Sky Monitor onboard Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) to obtain the instantaneous frequency of the superorbital modulation of SMC X-1. The resultant Hilbert spectrum is consistent with the dynamic power spectrum while it shows more detailed information in both the time and frequency domains. According to the instantaneous frequency, we found a correlation between the superorbital period and the modulation amplitude. Combining the spectral observation made by the Proportional Counter Array onboard RXTE and the superorbital phase derived in the HHT, we performed a superorbital phase-resolved spectral analysis of SMC X-1. An analysis of the spectral parameters versus the orbital phase for different superorbital states revealed that the diversity of $n_H$ has an orbital dependence. Furthermore, we obtained the variation in the eclipse profiles by folding the All Sky Monitor light curve with orbital period for different superorbital states. A dip feature, similar to the pre-eclipse dip of Her X-1, can be observed only in the superorbital ascending and descending states, while the width is anti-correlated with the X-ray flux.

Silicon Electro-optic Orbital Angular Momentum Sign Modulator for Photonic Integrated Circuit (광 집적회로용 실리콘 기반 궤도 각운동량 부호 변환기)

  • Lee, In-Joon;Kim, Sang-In
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.659-664
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, we propose a silicon-based electro-optic (EO) modulator which can modulate a sign of a topological charge number l of |l|=1 orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode. The proposed EO modulator consists of position-dependent doped Si waveguide core and undoped SiO2, cladding, which enables control of the effective index and propagation loss of two OAM constitutive eigenmodes. The modulator functions as OAM mode maintaining waveguide at -0.33V and as topological charge sign inverter at 10V. The output OAM mode purity is calculated through electric field distribution, showing high purity of |l|>0.92 in both cases.

An Easy-to-Use Three-Dimensional Molecular Visualization and Analysis Program: POSMOL

  • Lee, Sang-Joo;Chung, Hae-Yong;Kim, Kwang S.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.25 no.7
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    • pp.1061-1064
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    • 2004
  • Molecular visualization software has the common objective of manipulation and interpretation of data from numerical simulations. They visualize many complicated molecular structures with personal computer and workstation, to help analyze a large quantity of data produced by various computational methods. However, users are often discouraged from using these tools for visualization and analysis due to the difficult and complicated user interface. In this regard, we have developed an easy-to-use three-dimensional molecular visualization and analysis program named POSMOL. This has been developed on the Microsoft Windows platform for the easy and convenient user environment, as a compact program which reads outputs from various computational chemistry software without editing or changing data. The program animates vibration modes which are needed for locating minima and transition states in computational chemistry, draws two and three dimensional (2D and 3D) views of molecular orbitals (including their atomic orbital components and these partial sums) together with molecular systems, measures various geometrical parameters, and edits molecules and molecular structures.

Orbit Determination of KOMPSAT-1 and Cryosat-2 Satellites Using Optical Wide-field Patrol Network (OWL-Net) Data with Batch Least Squares Filter

  • Lee, Eunji;Park, Sang-Young;Shin, Bumjoon;Cho, Sungki;Choi, Eun-Jung;Jo, Junghyun;Park, Jang-Hyun
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.19-30
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    • 2017
  • The optical wide-field patrol network (OWL-Net) is a Korean optical surveillance system that tracks and monitors domestic satellites. In this study, a batch least squares algorithm was developed for optical measurements and verified by Monte Carlo simulation and covariance analysis. Potential error sources of OWL-Net, such as noise, bias, and clock errors, were analyzed. There is a linear relation between the estimation accuracy and the noise level, and the accuracy significantly depends on the declination bias. In addition, the time-tagging error significantly degrades the observation accuracy, while the time-synchronization offset corresponds to the orbital motion. The Cartesian state vector and measurement bias were determined using the OWL-Net tracking data of the KOMPSAT-1 and Cryosat-2 satellites. The comparison with known orbital information based on two-line elements (TLE) and the consolidated prediction format (CPF) shows that the orbit determination accuracy is similar to that of TLE. Furthermore, the precision and accuracy of OWL-Net observation data were determined to be tens of arcsec and sub-degree level, respectively.

Fluorescence Quenching of Norfloxacin by Divalent Transition Metal Cations

  • Park, Hyoung-Ryun;Seo, Jung-Ja;Shin, Sung-Chul;Lee, Hyeong-Su;Bark, Ki-Min
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.28 no.9
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    • pp.1573-1578
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    • 2007
  • Fluorescence quenching of norfloxacin (NOR) by Cu2+, Ni2+, Co2+ and Mn2+ was studied in water. The change in the fluorescence intensity and lifetime was measured as a function of quencher concentration at various temperatures. According to the Stern-Volmer plots, the NOR was quenched both by collisions and complex formation with the same quencher. However, the static quenching had a more important effect on the emission. Large static and dynamic quenching constants support significant ion-dipole and orbital-orbital interactions between NOR and cations. The both quenching constants by Cu2+ were the largest among quenchers. Also, quenching mechanism of Cu2+ was somewhat different. The change in the absorption spectra due to the quencher provided information on static quenching. The fluorescence of NOR was relatively insensitive to both the dynamic and static quenching compared with other quinolone antibiotics. This property can be explained by the twisted intramolecular charge transfer.