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A Fluid Analysis for Propellant Feed System as Thruster Valve Operation (인공위성 추력기 작동에 따른 배관 내 유동해석)

  • Yu, Myoung-Jong;Kim, Su-Kyum;Lee, Kyun-Ho;Choi, Joon-Min
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.45-46
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    • 2006
  • Usual LEO satellite for earth observation use a blowdown hydrazine monopropellant propulsion system for attitude hold and orbit maintenance. For precision control, thruster valve has very short closing time, but this can cause water hammering and pressure surge. Since water hammering and pressure surge can cause damage of propulsion system and ununiform thrust, Thruster valve closing is one of the special concern during satellite propulsion system design. In this paper, an analysis for propellant feed system is conducted using the method of characteristics. The results represent water hammer effect is negligible even at the worst case and pressure surge can be decreased effectively with a trim orifice.

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Optics in China: past, present and future

  • Gan, Fuxi
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.02a
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    • pp.68-68
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    • 2000
  • In this paper a very brief review of historical development of optical science and technology in China is presented. More attention has been pain on Modem Optics, which developed since 1950s. The recent development of optical science and technology in following fields are introduced. 1. Optical engineering and instrumentation (tracking theodolites, high speed cameras, satellite laser ranging systems, satellite flying attitude control, cameras for remote sensing, astronomical optical instrument) 2. Applied optics (adaptive optics, optical metrology, infrared optics, optical processing, optical holography) 3. Laser science and technology (ultrashort pulse lasers, UV-X ray lasers, high power laser facilities and laser fusion, laser isotope separation) 4. Laser and nonlinear materials (rare earth elements doped laser glasses and crystals, tunable laser crystals, borate series and organic nonlinear crystals) 5. Optoelectronic science and technology (Optical communication, optical data storage, optical computing) The current situation and developing prospect of optical and optoelectronic industry in China are presented. Furthermore it points out that the optical industry could be developed vigorously only if products development capacity is enhanced and new products industrialization is heightened. The main research and education institutions in the optics field in China, as well as the Chinese Optical Society (COS) are introduced.

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IMAGE COLLECTION PLANNING ALGORITHM FOR SINGLE PASS STEREO IMAGING

  • Kang, Chi-Ho;Ahn, Sang-II;Cheon, Yee-Jin
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.255-258
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    • 2008
  • The DEM (Digital Elevation Model) can be obtained from stereo image pair acquired by LEO satellite. Stereo images may consist of at least two images with different viewing angles to the imaging target for one pass or multiple passes. While each image is generally acquired from each pass in cross-track direction for multiple passes, stereo image pair in along-track direction can be acquired during one pass with attitude control capability for the pitch axis of the satellite. Single pass stereo imaging provides stereo pair image more efficiently on the fact that stereo pair image is generated with less orbit resources and less imaging time consumption. In this paper, the feasibility study result on the stereo pair image collection planning algorithm during single pass is addressed.

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SUN INCIDENCE ANGLE ANALYSIS OF KOMPSTAT-2 PAYLOAD DURING NORMAL MISSION OPERATIONS (정상 임무운용 상태에서 다목적실용위성 2호 탑재체에 대한 태양 입사각 분석)

  • 김응현;용기력;이상률
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.309-316
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    • 2000
  • KOMPSAT-2 will carry MSC(Multi-Spectral Camera) which provides 1m resolution panchromatic and 4m resolution multi-spectral images at the altitude of 685km sun-synchronous mission orbit. The mission operation of KOMSPAT-2 is to provide the earth observation using MSC with nadir pointing. KOMPSAT-2 will also have the capability of roll/pitch tilt maneuver using reaction wheel of satellite as required. In order to protect MSC from thermal distortion as well as direct sunlight, MSC shall be operated within the constraint of sun incidence angle. It is expected that the sunlight will not violate the constraint of sun incidence angle for normal mission operations without roll/pitch maneuver. However, during roll/pitch tilt operations, optical module of MSC may be damaged by the sunlight. This study analyzed sun incidence angle of payload using KOMPSAT-2 AOCS (Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem) Design and Performance Analysis Soft ware for KOMPSAT-2 normal mission operations.

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Analysis of Monopropellant Thruster Plume Effects by DSMC (DSMC를 이용한 단일추진제 추력기 플룸의 영향 해석)

  • Lee, Kyun-Ho;Yu, Myoung-Jong;Kim, Su-Kyum;You, Jae-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.179-182
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    • 2007
  • The new KOMPSAT in preliminary design phase will utilize 4.45 N monopropellant thrusters for attitude and orbit control. In this paper, a numerical plume analysis is performed to verify the effects of thruster plume on the satellite with a 3-D satellite base region model by DSMC. As a result, plume behaviors such as overall plume temperature, total density and thermal radiation to solar array are estimated.

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Performance Evaluation of Components of Micro Solid Propellant Thruster (마이크로 고체 추진제 추력기 요소의 성능 평가)

  • Lee, Jong-Kwang;Lee, Dae-Hoon;Kwon, Se-Jin
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2004.04a
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    • pp.1280-1285
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    • 2004
  • Microsystem technology has been applied to space technology and became one of the enabling technology by which low cost and high efficiency are achievable. Micro propulsion system is a key technology in the miniature satellite because micro satellite requires very small and precise thrust force for maneuvering and attitude control. In this paper research on micro solid propellant thruster is reported. Micro solid propellant thruster has four basic components; micro combustion chamber, micro nozzle, solid propellant and micro igniter. In this research igniter, solid propellant and combustion chamber are focused. Micro igniter was fabricated through typical micromachining and evaluated. The characteristic of solid propellant was investigated to observe burning characteristic and to obtain burning velocity. Change of thrust force and the amount of energy loss following scale down at micro combustion chamber were estimated by numerical simulation based on empirical data and through the calculation normalized specific impulses were compared to figure out the efficiency of combustion chamber.

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MEMS Application of Quenching Effect to a Novel Micro Solid Rocket

  • Ebisuzaki, Hideyo;Nagayama, Kunihito;Ikuta, Tatsuya;Takahashi, Koji
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.03a
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    • pp.601-604
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    • 2004
  • Precise position and attitude control of pico-satellite requires huge number of impulses of the order of 10$^{-6}$ Ns. MEMS solid rocket array is a promising propulsion system but the higher degree of miniaturization causes unreliable operation mainly due to quenching. In order to breakthrough this situation, a novel design of solid micro-rocket is proposed, which generates tiny impulses repetitively from a single rocket not from array. This unique micro-rocket is based on the utilization of quenching, which causes propellant reaction to sustain only in a small area. A test chip of a micro solid propellant tank and micro heater array is fabricated and ignition test is conducted. Obtained results show the feasibility of this concept and future direction of this quenching-based propulsion is discussed.

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Geometric Accuracy of KOMPSAT-2 PAN Data According to Sensor Modeling (센서모델링 특성에 따른 KOMPSAT-2 PAN 영상의 정확도)

  • Seo, Doo-Chun;Yang, Ji-Yeon
    • Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2009
  • In order to help general users to analyze the KOMPSAT-2 data, an application of sensor modeling to commercial software was explained in this document. The sensor modeling is a basic step to extract the quantity and quality information from KOMPSAT-2 data. First, we introduced the contents and type of ancillary data offered with KOMPSAT-2 PAN image data, and explained how to use it with commercial software. And then, we applied the polynomial-base and refine RFM sensor modeling with ground control points. In the polynomial-base sensor modeling, the accuracy which is average RMSE of check points is highest when the satellite position was calculated by type of 1st order function and the satellite attitude was calculated by type of 1st order function for (Y axis), (Z axis) or constant for (X axis), (Y axis), (Z axis) in perspective center position and satellite attitude parameters. As a result of refine RFM sensor modeling, the accuracy is less than 1 pixel when we applied affine model..

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Accuracy Assessment of 3D Geopositioning of KOMPSAT-2 Images Using Orbit-Attitude Model (KOMPSAT-2 영상의 정밀궤도기반모델을 이용한 3차원 위치결정 정확도 평가)

  • Lee, Sang-Jin;Kim, Jung-Uk;Choi, Yun-Soo;Jung, Seung-Kyoon
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.3-10
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    • 2010
  • In this study, the orbit-based sensor modeling is applied to the digital plotting and the accuracy of digital plotting is analyzed. The KOMPSAT-2 satellite image with orbit-attitude model is used for the analysis. The precise sensor modeling with various combination of parameters is performed for the stereo satellite image. In addition, we analyze the error range of ground control points by applying the result of stereo modeling to digital survey system. According to the result, it is possible to produce digital map using stereo image with a small number of GCPs when the orbit-based sensor modeling for KOMPSAT-2 is applied. This means that it is suitable for the generation of digital map on a scale of 1/5,000 to 1/25,000 considering the resolution of KOMPSAT-2 image.

Observation of the Earth's Magnetic field from KOMPSAT-1

  • Hwang, Jong-Sun;Kim, Sung-Yong;Lee, Seon-Ho;Min, Kyung-Duck;Kim, Jeong-Woo;Lee, Su-Jin
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.1236-1238
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    • 2003
  • The Earth's total magnetic field was extracted from on board TAM (Three Axis Magnetometer) observations of KOMPSAT-1 satellite between June 19th and 21st, 2000. In the pre-processing, the TAM's telemetry data were transformed from ECI (Earth Centered Inertial frame) to ECEF (Earth Centered Earth Fixed frame) and then to spherical coordination, and self-induced magnetic field by satellite bus itself were removed by using an on-orbit magnetometer data correction method. The 2-D wavenumber correlation filtering and quadrant-swapping method were applied to the pre-processed data in order to eliminate dynamic components and track-line noise, respectively. Then, the spherical harmonic coefficients are calculated from KOMPSAT-1 data. To test the validity of the TAM's geomagnetic field, Danish/NASA/French ${\phi}$rsted satellite's magnetic model and IGRF2000 model were used for statistical comparison. The correlation coefficient between ${\phi}$rsted and TAM is 0.97 and IGRF and TAM is 0.96. It was found that the data from on board magnetometer observations for attitude control of Earth-observing satellites can be used to determinate the Earth's total magnetic field and that they can be efficiently used to upgrade the global geomagnetic field coefficients, such as IGRF by providing new information at various altitudes with better temporal and spatial coverage.

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