• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.92.1-92.1
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• 2011

NASA launched Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on February 2011 in order to understand the cause of solar activities and their influences on the Earth and the near-Earth space. KASI is constructing Korean Data Center for SDO based on the letter of agreement between KASI and NASA for space weather research. SDO produces about 1.5 TB a day and its raw data amounts to about 550 TB in a year. Stanford University has been already operating the data center for scientific raw data, but there is a limit to use its data for space weather research and space weather service in real time because of network environment. Korean Data Center for SDO will provide scientific data not only to Korean institutes but also to international space weather societies. KASI has designed the data transfer system by using GLORIAD in order to get higher performance and stability. After the first construction of data transfer system and storage system in this year, we will increase the storage capacity of the data center in phases considering new developments in a storage technology and drop of their prices.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2023

The ionosphere is one of the key components of the near-Earth's space environment and has a practical consequence to the human society as a nearest region of the space environment to the Earth. Therefore, it becomes essential to specify and forecast the state of the ionosphere using both the observations and numerical models. In particular, numerical modeling of the ionosphere is a prerequisite not only for better understanding of the physical processes occurring within the ionosphere but also for the specification and forecast of the space weather. There are several approaches for modeling the ionosphere, including data-based empirical modeling, physics-based theoretical modeling and data assimilation modeling. In this review, these three types of the ionospheric model are briefly introduced with recently available models. And among those approaches, fundamental aspects of the physics-based ionospheric model will be described using the basic equations governing the mid-latitude ionosphere. Then a numerical solution of the equations will be discussed with required boundary conditions.

• 천문학회보
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.41.1-41.1
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• 2019

The stability analysis of coronal magnetic structures is important for studying the initiation of solar flares and eruptions. In order to understand the flare onset process, we first reconstructed the 3D coronal magnetic structures of active region 12371 with an M6.5 flare using a nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) model based on vector magnetic fields. The NLFFFs successfully produce the observed sigmoidal structure which is composed of two branches of sheared arcade loops. The stability analysis were examined for three representative MHD instabilities: the kink, the torus, and the double arc instabilities. Our stability analysis shows that the two branches of sheared arcade loops are quite stable against the kink and torus instabilities, but unstable against the double arc instability before the flare occurrence. Finally, we discuss a probable onset process of the M6.5 flare.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2020

The Chinese BeiDou Satellite Navigation System consists of three kinds of constellations: the geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), the inclined geosynchronous satellite orbit (IGSO), and the medium Earth orbit (MEO). The BeiDou has expanded its service coverage from regional to global. Recently, the BeiDou has been widely used in ionospheric total electron content (TEC) research. In this study, we analyzed the BeiDou signals for ionospheric TEC monitoring over Jeju Island in South Korea. The BeiDou GEO TEC showed a clear pattern of diurnal variations. In addition, we compared the TEC values from the BeiDou GEO, the BeiDou IGSO, GPS, and International GNSS Service (IGS) Global Ionosphere Maps (GIM). There was a difference of about 5 TEC units between the BeiDou GEO and the IGS GIM. This may be due to the altitude difference between the different navigation satellites.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2011년도 한국우주과학회보 제20권1호
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• pp.31.1-31.1
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• 2011

In this study, we investigated alignment state estimation performances of the three methods i.e. merit function regression (MFR), differential wavefront sampling (DWS) and Multiple Design Configuration Optimization (MDCO). The three target optical systems are 1) a two-mirror Cassegrain system for deep space Earth observation, 2) intermediate size three-mirror anastigmat for Earth ocean monitoring, and 3) extremely large segmented optical system for astronomical observation. We ran alignment state estimation simulation for several alignment perturbation cases including 1mm to 10mm in decenter and from 0.1 to 1 degree in tilt perturbation error for the two-mirror Cassegrain system. In general, we note that MDCO shows more competitive estimation performance than MFR and DWS. The computational concept, case definition and the simulation results are discussed with implications to future works.

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.57.2-57.2
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• 2021

An asteroid is important for understanding the condition of our solar system in early-stage because an asteroid, considered as a building block of the solar system, preserves the information when our solar system was formed. It has been continuously flowing into the near-Earth space, and then some asteroids have a probability of impacting Earth. Some asteroids have valuable minerals and volatiles for future resources in space activity. Korean government clarified, in the 3rd promotion plan for space activity, an asteroid sample return mission by the mid-2030s. However, it is almost impossible to do so based on only a single experience of an exploration mission to the Moon, Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, which will be launched in mid-2022. We propose a Rendezvous Mission to Apophis(RMA), beneficial in terms of science, impact hazardous, resource, and technical readiness for the space exploration of Korea.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.248-256
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• 2021

본 연구는 초등예비교사들에게 메타버스에 대한 교육적 접근에 대한 인식을 알아보고자 한 연구이다. '초등과학교재연구 II' 강좌를 수강하고 있는 초등예비교사 71명을 대상으로 메타버스에 대한 설문을 하였다. 설문의 내용을 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 대학의 LMS 시스템을 활용하여 설문을 제시하여 그에 반응한 내용을 바탕으로 정량적 수치 해석과 정성적 분석으로 결과 및 결론을 제시하였다. 첫째, 초등예비교사의 메타버스에 대한 이해 정도는 매우 높은 수준이다. 초등예비교사들은 MZ세대로서 이미 메타버스의 기본이 될 수 있는 매우 빠른 IT환경에서 생활하고 있기 때문에 메타버스를 이해하는데 도움이 되었을 것이다. 둘째, 초등예비교사의 메타버스에 대한 필요성은 매우 높은 수준이다. 메타버스는 현재의 교육환경을 넘어서 보다 양질의 교육을 제공할 수 있는 요소가 많기 때문에 매우 필요하다고 생각하고 있었다. 셋째, 초등예비교사의 '지구와 우주' 영역에서 적용 가능성 탐색의 질문에서는 아직까지 교수설계 원리에 근거하여 메타버스 교수설계를 기획한 사례는 보기 드물었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 '지구와 우주'영역에서 메타버스 활용가능성을 제안하며 시공간을 초월할 수 있는 가상공간을 활용한 교육컨텐츠는 매우 필요할 것이라 여겨진다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 제언을 하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 교수설계를 기반으로 메타버스 기법을 도입한 교육컨텐츠가 개발되어 활용되어야 할 것이다. 둘째, 교육환경에서 메타버스가 구현될 수 있도록 재정적 지원을 해야 할 것이다. 셋째, 교원(초등예비교사 포함)들에게 메타버스에 대한 연찬을 할 수 있도록 연수 기회를 제공해야 할 것이다.

• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.40-63
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• 2016

John Glenn, America's first man to eat anything in the near-weightless environment of Earth orbit, found the task of eating fairly easy. With improved packaging came improved food quality and menus. By the time of the Apollo Program, the quality and variety of food increased even further. Apollo astronauts were the first to have hot water, which made rehydrating foods easier and improved the food's taste. Thermostabilized pouches were also introduced on Apollo. The task of eating in space got a big boost in Skylab. It also had a food freezer and refrigerator a convenience offered by no other vehicle before or since. Two different food systems will be used for future long-duration missions to other planets, one for traveling to and from the distant body and one for use on the surface of the moon or Mars. The transit food system will be similar to the space station food system with the exception that products with three-to five-year shelf lives will be needed. Thus, this part of the trip will be similar to what occurs aboard space missions now. The surface food system, be it lunar or planetary, will be quite different. It will be similar to a vegetarian diet that someone could cook on Earth. Once crew members arrive on the surface and establish living quarters, they can start growing crops. Once the crops are processed into edible ingredients, cooking will be done in the spacecraft's galley to make the food items. Disposal of used food packaging will be an issue since there will be no Progress vehicles to send off and incinerate into the Earth's atmosphere. Packaging materials will be used that have less mass but sufficient barrier properties for oxygen and water to maintain shelf life as those now in use.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2018

This study presents the generation and accuracy assessment of predicted orbital ephemeris based on satellite laser ranging (SLR) for geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellites. Two GEO satellites are considered: GEO-Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite (KOMPSAT)-2B (GK-2B) for simulational validation and Compass-G1 for real-world quality assessment. SLR-based orbit determination (OD) is proactively performed to generate orbital ephemeris. The length and the gap of the predicted orbital ephemeris were set by considering the consolidated prediction format (CPF). The resultant predicted ephemeris of GK-2B is directly compared with a pre-specified true orbit to show 17.461 m and 23.978 m, in 3D root-mean-square (RMS) position error and maximum position error for one day, respectively. The predicted ephemeris of Compass-G1 is overlapped with the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) final orbit from the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) analysis center (AC) to yield 36.760 m in 3D RMS position differences. It is also compared with the CPF orbit from the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) to present 109.888 m in 3D RMS position differences. These results imply that SLR-based orbital ephemeris can be an alternative candidate for improving the accuracy of commonly used radar-based orbital ephemeris for GEO satellites.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2012

1990년대 들어 달 탐사가 재개 된 후 2000년대부터 세계우주선진국들을 중심으로 달을 선점하기 위한 치열한 달 탐사 경쟁이 벌어지고 있다. 우리나라도 2020년경 자력 달 탐사를 목표로 선행연구를 수행 중에 있다. 본 연구에서는 한국형 달 탐사를 대비하여 지구에서 달로 가는 천이궤적 중 연료 최소화를 위해 다양한 천이궤적의 Delt-V를 비교 분석하였다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 한국형 달 탐사에 가장 적합한 지구-달 천이궤적을 확인하였으며, 실제 한국형 달 탐사시 유용한 자료로 사용될 것이다.