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Development of Precise Lunar Orbit Propagator and Lunar Polar Orbiter's Lifetime Analysis

  • Song, Young-Joo;Park, Sang-Young;Kim, Hae-Dong;Sim, Eun-Sup
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제27권2호
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    • pp.97-106
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    • 2010
  • To prepare for a Korean lunar orbiter mission, a precise lunar orbit propagator; Yonsei precise lunar orbit propagator (YSPLOP) is developed. In the propagator, accelerations due to the Moon's non-spherical gravity, the point masses of the Earth, Moon, Sun, Mars, Jupiter and also, solar radiation pressures can be included. The developed propagator's performance is validated and propagation errors between YSPOLP and STK/Astrogator are found to have about maximum 4-m, in along-track direction during 30 days (Earth's time) of propagation. Also, it is found that the lifetime of a lunar polar orbiter is strongly affected by the different degrees and orders of the lunar gravity model, by a third body's gravitational attractions (especially the Earth), and by the different orbital inclinations. The reliable lifetime of circular lunar polar orbiter at about 100 km altitude is estimated to have about 160 days (Earth's time). However, to estimate the reasonable lifetime of circular lunar polar orbiter at about 100 km altitude, it is strongly recommended to consider at least $50\;{\times}\;50$ degrees and orders of the lunar gravity field. The results provided in this paper are expected to make further progress in the design fields of Korea's lunar orbiter missions.

Observational Arc-Length Effect on Orbit Determination for KPLO Using a Sequential Estimation Technique

  • Kim, Young-Rok;Song, Young-Joo;Bae, Jonghee;Choi, Seok-Weon
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제35권4호
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    • pp.295-308
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    • 2018
  • In this study, orbit determination (OD) simulation for the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) was accomplished for investigation of the observational arc-length effect using a sequential estimation algorithm. A lunar polar orbit located at 100 km altitude and $90^{\circ}$ inclination was mainly considered for the KPLO mission operation phase. For measurement simulation and OD for KPLO, the Analytical Graphics Inc. Systems Tool Kit 11 and Orbit Determination Tool Kit 6 software were utilized. Three deep-space ground stations, including two deep space network (DSN) antennas and the Korea Deep Space Antenna, were configured for the OD simulation. To investigate the arc-length effect on OD, 60-hr, 48-hr, 24-hr, and 12-hr tracking data were prepared. Position uncertainty by error covariance and orbit overlap precision were used for OD performance evaluation. Additionally, orbit prediction (OP) accuracy was also assessed by the position difference between the estimated and true orbits. Finally, we concluded that the 48-hr-based OD strategy is suitable for effective flight dynamics operation of KPLO. This work suggests a useful guideline for the OD strategy of KPLO mission planning and operation during the nominal lunar orbits phase.

Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter Magnetometer Instrument and Initial Data Processing

  • Wooin Jo;Ho Jin;Hyeonhu Park;Yunho Jang;Seongwhan Lee;Khan-Hyuk Kim;Ian Garrick-Bethell;Jehyuck Shin;Seul-Min Baek;Junhyun Lee;Derac Son;Eunhyeuk Kim
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제40권4호
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    • pp.199-215
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    • 2023
  • The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), the first South Korea lunar exploration probe, successfully arrived at the Moon on December, 2022 (UTC), following a 4.5-month ballistic lunar transfer (BLT) trajectory. Since the launch (4 August, 2022), the KPLO magnetometer (KMAG) has carried out various observations during the trans-lunar cruise phase and a 100 km altitude lunar polar orbit. KMAG consists of three fluxgate magnetometers capable of measuring magnetic fields within a ± 1,000 nT range with a resolution of 0.2 nT. The sampling rate is 10 Hz. During the originally planned lifetime of one year, KMAG has been operating successfully while performing observations of lunar crustal magnetic fields, magnetic fields induced in the lunar interior, and various solar wind events. The calibration and offset processes were performed during the TLC phase. In addition, reliabilities of the KMAG lunar magnetic field observations have been verified by comparing them with the surface vector mapping (SVM) data. If the KPLO's mission orbit during the extended mission phase is close enough to the lunar surface, KMAG will contribute to updating the lunar surface magnetic field map and will provide insights into the lunar interior structure and lunar space environment.

Analysis on Frozen & Sun-synchronous Orbit Conditions at the Moon

  • Song, Young-Joo;Park, Sang-Young;Kim, Hae-Dong;Lee, Joo-Hee;Sim, Eun-Sup
    • 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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    • 한국우주과학회 2011년도 한국우주과학회보 제20권1호
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    • pp.24.4-24.4
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    • 2011
  • Frozen orbit concept is very useful in designing particular mission orbits including the Sun-synchronous and minimum altitude variation orbits. In this work, variety of frozen and Sun-synchronous orbit conditions around the Moon is investigated and analyzed. The first two zonal harmonics of the Moon, J2 and J3, are considered to determine mean orbital elements to be a frozen orbit. To check the long-term behavior of a frozen orbit, formerly developed YonSei Precise Lunar Orbit Propagator (YSPLOP) is used. First, frozen orbit solutions without conditions to be the Sun-synchronous orbit is investigated. Various mean semi-major axes having between ranges from 1,788 km to 1,938 km with inclinations from 30 deg to 150 deg are considered. It is found that a polar orbit (90 deg of inclination) having 100 km of altitude requires the orbital eccentricity of about 0.01975 for a frozen orbit. Also, mean apolune and perilune altitudes for this case is about 136.301 km and 63.694 km, respectively. Second, frozen orbit solutions with additional condition to be the Sun-synchronous orbit is investigated. It is discovered that orbital inclinations are increased from 138.223 deg to 171.553 deg when mean altitude ranged from 50 km to 200 km. For the most usual mission altitude at the Moon (100 km), the Sun-synchronous orbit condition is satisfied with the eccentricity of 0.01124 and 145.235 deg of inclination. For this case, mean apolune and perilune altitudes are found to be about 120.677 km and 79.323 km, respectively. The results analyzed in this work could be useful to design a preliminary mapping orbit as well as to estimate basic on-board payloads' system requirements, for a future Korea's lunar orbiter mission. Other detailed perturbative effects should be considered in the further study, to analyze more accurate frozen orbit conditions at the Moon.

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달 착륙선의 착륙 후보지별 열 유입량 분석 (Heat Flux Analysis of Lunar Lander for Potential Landing Candidate Area)

  • 박태용;채봉건;이장준;김정훈;오현웅
    • 한국항공우주학회지
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    • 제46권4호
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    • pp.324-331
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    • 2018
  • 달 탐사를 위한 착륙선이 운용되는 열환경은 태양에 대한 달의 자전주기가 약 28일인 것에 기인하여 낮 시간과 밤 시간이 지구에 비하여 매우 장기간 지속 되는 등 지표나 지구 저궤도 환경에 비해 더욱 극단적이다. 달 착륙선의 초기 설계 단계에서는 착륙지 선정을 위해 각각의 후보 지역에서의 착륙선으로의 열 유입량 분석이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 달 착륙선의 후보 착륙지에 따른 열적특성을 분석하고자 달의 표면온도를 모사할 수 있는 표토층의 열모델을 구축하였다. 그리고 상기 표토층에 착륙선을 적용하여 착륙지가 달의 적도, 중위도, 극지방에 위치한 경우, 바다 및 고지대에 위치한 조건에서의 열 유입량을 분석하였다. 또한 언덕의 경사진 지형조건이 착륙선의 열 유입량에 미치는 영향성 분석을 수행하였다.