• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.245-252
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• 2010

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) has developed a mobile satellite laser ranging (SLR) system called ARGO-M since 2008 for space geodesy research and precise orbit determination technologies using SLR with mm level accuracy. ARGO-M is capable of night tracking and daylight tracking for which requires spatial, spectral and time filters due to high background noises. In this study, characteristics and specifications of ARGO-M are discussed and its tracking capabilities of night and daylight tracking are analyzed for STSAT-2B and KOMPSAT-5 through link budget. Additionally false alarm and signal detection probabilities are also analyzed depending on spectral and time filters for daylight tracking for these satellites.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2003

Simple methods are developed to predict temperatures of a satellite box during launch stage. The box is mounted on outer surface of satellite and directly exposed to space thermal environment for the time period from fairing jettison to separation. These simple methods are to solve a 1st order ordinary differential equation (ODE) which is simplified from the governing equation after applying several assumptions. The existence of analytical solution for the 1st order ODE is determined depending on treatment of time-dependent molecular heating term. Even for the case that the analytical solution is not available due to the time dependent term, the 1st order ODE can be solved by relatively simple numerical techniques. The temperature difference between two different approaches (analytical and numerical solutions) is relatively small (Jess than $1^{\circ}C$ along the time line) when they are applied to STSAT-I launch scenario. The present methods can be generally used as tools to quickly check whether a satellite box is safe against space environment during the launch stage for the case that the detailed thermal analysis is not available.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2008년도 한국우주과학회보 제17권2호
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• pp.25.2-25.2
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• 2008

Polar rain is a spatially uniform precipitation of electrons with energies around 100eV that penetrate into the polar cap region where geomagnetic field lines are connected to the Interplanetary Magnetic Fields (IMF). Since their occurrences depend on the IMF sector polarity, they are believed to originate from the field aligned component of the solar wind. However, statistically direct correlation between polar rain and solar wind has not been shown. In this presentation, we examined specifically the IMF strength influence on the polar rain flux variation by classifying of IMF sector polarities. For this study, we employed the polar rain flux data measured by STSAT-1 and compared them with the solar wind parameters obtained from the WIND and ACE satellites. We found the direct mutuality between polar rain flux and IMF strength with correlation coefficient above 0.5. This proportional tendency appears stronger when the northern hemisphere is in the away sector of the IMF, which could be associated with a favorable geometry for magnetic reconnection. Simple particle trajectory simulation clearly shows why polar rain intensity depends on the IMF sector polarity. These results are consistent with the direct entry model of Fairfield et al.(1985), while low correlation coefficient with solar wind density, the similarity between slops of both energy spectra shows that transport process occur without acceleration.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.123-128
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• 2010

과학기술위성 3호는 무게 170kg 이하의 과학적 임무를 수행하는 위성이다. 이 위성은 소형위성, 또는 세부적으로 마이크로 위성으로 분류된다. 이러한 소형위성을 위한 발사체는 각 발사체별로 다른 환경적 인터페이스를 가진다. 소형위성들은 일반적으로 다중 발사되기 때문에 적합한 발사체 선정에 제한적이다. 따라서 위성 개발 초기부터, 소형위성은 소형위성 발사체의 환경요건을 고려하여 디자인 되어야한다. 본 논문에서는 소형위성 발사에 적합한 발사체의 환경적 요구사항을 정리하고, 이러한 모든 발사체의 요구조건을 수용할 수 있는 요구조건을 제시 한다.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2004

발사단계 중 fairing jettison에서 separation에 이르는 과정에서 위성체의 부품박스가 가지는 온도를 worst hot 조건에 대하여 해석적 방법을 이용하여 구하였다. Fairing jettison 이후에 위성체에 가해지는 외부 열환경과 박스 자체 내부에서의 발열, 박스 자체의 온도에 의한 방사열을 고려하여, 하나의 질량으로 가정할 수 있는 박스에 대한 온도 지배방정식을 해석해가 존재하는 1차 상미분 방정식으로 단순할 수 있었다. 특히, 고려하는 박스의 질량의 변화여부에 따라 해석해가 다른 지배방정식이 유도되었고, 각 경우에 대하여도 단순화된 식 내의 상수항의 조건에 따라 서로 다른 해석해가 존재하였다. 또한, 유도된 해석해를 실제 위성체인 STSAT-1의 worst hot 발사 조건에 대하여 적용하여 위성체 상단에 부착한 부품 박스의 온도를 예측하여 보았고, 이를 통하여 해석해의 유용성을 검증하였다.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2007년도 한국우주과학회보 제16권2호
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• pp.93.2-93.2
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• 2007

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.329-342
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• 2004

In this paper, we present preliminary feasibility studies on three types of solar observation payloads for future Korean Science and Technology Satellite (STSAT) programs. The three candidates are (1) an UV imaging telescope, (2) an UV spectrograph, and (3) an X-ray spectrometer. In the case of UV imaging telescope, the most important constraint seems to be the control stability of a satellite in order to obtain a reasonably good spatial resolution. Considering that the current pointing stability estimated from the data of the Far ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (FIMS) onboard the Korean STSAT-1, is around 1 arc minutes/sec, we think that it is hard to obtain a spatial resolution sufficient for scientific research by such an UV Imaging Telescope. For solar imaging missions, we realize that an image stabilization system, which is composed of a small guide telescope with limb sensor and a servo controller of secondary mirror, is quite essential for a very good pointing stability of about 0.1 arcsec. An UV spectrograph covering the solar full disk seems to be a good choice in that there is no risk due to poor pointing stability as well as that it can provide us with valuable UV spectral irradiance data valuable for studying their effects on the Earth's atmosphere and satellites. The heritage of the FIMS can be a great advantage of developing the UV spectrograph. Its main disadvantage is that two major missions are in operation or scheduled. Our preliminary investigations show that an X-ray spectrometer for the full disk Sun seems to be the best choice among the three candidates. The reasons are : (1) high temporal and spectral X-ray data are very essential for studying the acceleration process of energetic particles associated with solar flares, (2) we have a good heritage of X-ray detectors including a rocket-borne X-ray detector, (3) in the case of developing countries such as India and Czech, solar X-ray spectrometers were selected as their early stage satellite missions due to their poor pointing stabilities, and (4) there is no planned major mission after currently operating Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) mission. Finally, we present a preliminary design of a solar X-ray spectrometer covering soft X-ray (2 keV) to gamma ray (10 MeV).

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2008년도 한국우주과학회보 제17권2호
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• pp.31.2-31.2
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• 2008

We present the results offar ultraviolet (FUV, 1350-1750 ${\AA}$) auroral observations made by the Far-ultraviolet IMaging Spectrograph (FIMS) instrument on the Korean microsatellite STSAT-1. The instrument was capable of resolving spatial structures of a few kilometers with the spectral resolution of 2-3 ${\AA}$. The observations were carried out simultaneously with the measurement of precipitating electrons using an electrostatic analyzer (ESA, 100 eV-20 keV) and a solid state telescope (SST, 170 keV-360 keV) on board the same satellite. With a careful mapping of the field lines, we were able to correlate the particle spectrum to the corresponding FUV spectrum of the footprints of the FIMS image that varied significantly in fine scales. We divided the FIMS spectral band into the LBH long (LBHL, 1640-1715 ${\AA}$) and LBH short (LBHS, 1380-1455 ${\AA}$) bands, and compared the electron energies with the intensities of LBHL and LBHS for the well-defined inverted-V structures. The result shows a strong correlation between the total LBH intensity and the energy flux measured by ESAwhile the peak energy itself does not correlate well with the LBH intensity. On the other hand, it was observed that the ratio of the LBHL intensity to that of LBHS increased significantly as the peak electron energy increased, primarily due to a smaller absorption by O2 at LBHL than at LBHS.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 산림 바이오매스와 식생지수의 상관성을 분석하기 위해 현장조사 자료, 위성영상과 LiDAR 자료를 이용하여 산정된 산림 바이오매스 분포도를 기준으로 고해상도 KOMPSAT-2 영상과 LANDSAT 영상을 이용하여 식생지수인 SR, NDVI, SAVI, LAI를 계산한 값과 비교하였다. 분석결과, 고해상도 KOMPSAT-2 영상의 식생지수가 LANDSAT 영상의 식생지수보다 침엽수의 상관성이 더 높게 나타났으며 활엽수의 경우는 LANDSAT 영상의 식생지수가 높은 상관성을 보였다. 식생지수 중에는 NDVI 값이 다른 지수에 비해 상관성이 높게 나타났다. 또한 STSAT-3 위성의 소형영상분광기(Compact Imaging Spectrometer, COMIS)와 유사 센서인 EO-1 위성의 Hyperion 영상을 이용하여 하이퍼스펙트럴 영상을 분석하고 바이오매스와 상관성이 상대적으로 높은 식생지수를 동일한 GSD 조건의 LANDSAT 위성의 식생지수와 비교하고 하이퍼스펙트럴 영상의 임상 추출에 대한 활용가능성을 분석하였다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.49.2-49.2
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• 2014

The MIRIS (Multi-purpose InfraRed Imaging System) is a compact IR space Telescope, which has been developed by KASI since 2008 as the main payload of Korean STSAT-3. It was launched successfully by a Dnepr Rocket at Yasny Launch site, Russia in November 2013. After the launch, the STSAT-3 successfully settled down at Sun synchronous orbit with altitude of ~ 600km. Communications were regularly made between the ground station and the MIRIS with other secondary payload. We made a series of tests of the MIRIS during the verification period and found that all functions including the passive cooling are working as expected. The MIRIS has a wide-field of view $3.67{\times}3.67$ degrees and wavelength coverage from 0.9 to 2.0 micro-meter with the angular resolution of 51.6 arcsec. The main science missions of the MIRIS are (1) mapping of the Galactic plane with Paschen-alpha line (1.88 micro-meter) for the study of warm interstellar medium and (2) the measurement of large angular fluctuations of cosmic near infrared background radiation with I (1.05 micro meter) and H (1.6 micro meter) bands to identify their origin. We present the results of MIRIS initial operation in this paper.