• 우주기술과 응용
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.74-85
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• 2024

기존의 위성-지상 간 정보 전달에 사용하던 전파 통신의 한계가 가시화됨에 따라, 이를 광학 레이저 통신으로 극복하고자 전세계에서 다양한 실험이 이루어지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 인공위성에서 레이저 송출을 담당하는 광통신 터미널(optical communications terminal, OCT)과 지상에서 정보를 수신하는 광통신 지상국(optical ground station, OGS)을 자체 개발하고, 이를 이용한 자유공간 광통신(free-space optical communication, FSOC) 실험을 수행하였다. 30 mm 구경의 광통신 터미널과 250 mm 구경의 이동형 광통신 지상국 망원경, 상용 10 Gbps SFP+ 모듈과 미디어 컨버터를 이용하여, 4K HDMI(high-definition multimedia interface) 신호를 1,550 nm 파장의 레이저에 담아 송출하고 수신하는데 성공했다. 실험의 송수신거리는 각각 3, 9, 20 km이며, 각각의 거리에서 신호의 수신 세기는 +6.1, -2.8, -10.9 dBm이다. 4K HDMI 영상은 끊김 없이 10분 이상 지속됨을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.117-122
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• 2000

The KOMPSAT(Korea Multi-Purpose SATellite) has two optical imaging instruments called EOC(Electro-Optical Camera) and OSMI (Ocean Scanning Multispectral Imager). The image data of these instruments are transmitted to ground station and restored correctly after post-processing with the telemetry data transfeered from KOMPSAT spacecraft. The major timing information of the KOMPSAT is OBT (On-Board Time) which is formatted by the on-board computer of the spacecraft, based on 1Hz sync. pulse coming from the GPS receiver involved. The OBT is transmitted to ground station with the house-keeping telemetry data of the spacecraft while it is distributed to the instruments via 1553B data bus for synchronization during imaging and formatting. The timing information contained in the spacecraft telemetry data would have direct relation to the image data of the instruments, which should be well explained to get a more accurate image. This paper addresses the timing analysis of the KOMPSAT spacecraft and instruments, including the gyro data timing analysis for the correct restoration of the EOC and OSMI image data at ground station.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2020

Satellite optical communication has gained significant attention owing to its many quality features (e.g., a larger bandwidth, license free spectrum, higher data rate, and better security) compared to satellite microwave communication. Various experiments have been performed during many space missions to demonstrate and characterize inter-satellite links, downlinks, and uplinks. Korea has also planned to establish an experimental communication system using a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite and the Geochang station as an optical ground station for low Earth orbit (LEO)-to-ground optical relay links. In this study, the performance of inter-satellite communication links and downlinks was investigated for the new Korean experimental communication system in terms of link margin, bit error rate (BER), and channel capacity. In particular, the performance of the inter-satellite links was analyzed based on the receiving apertures and the transmitting power, while that of the downlink was analyzed in terms of atmospheric turbulence conditions and transmitting power. Finally, we discussed two system parameters of receiving aperture and transmitting power to meet the three criteria of link margin, BER, and channel capacity.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.739-746
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• 1999

The spectral aerosol optical thickness of vertical air columns were measured by a ground-based multi-channel sunphotometer at the BAPMoN station(36$^{\circ}$31'N, 126$^{\circ}$19'E) in Anmyon Island, Korea, from 1 March 1998 to 31 May 1998. We used the data of three yellow sand and two clear sky days in order to analyze the temporal variations in aerosol optical thickness at the station. The basic aerosol optical thickness generally represented smaller than 0.3 in a clear sky and the range 0.5 to 1.1 in yellow sand. Especially the aerosol optical thickness represented larger than 0.9 in a heavy yellow sand. It was found that the aerosol optical thickness of yellow sand was highly increased in comparison with the case of a clear sky andparticles larger than 0.5$mu extrm{m}$ were also increased in the spectral distribution of aerosol volume during yellow sand. Consequently the spectral variations in tropospheric aerosol caused by yellow sand were determined by the number concentration of particles larger than 0.5${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ and the magnitude of yellow sand.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2005년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2005
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• pp.385-387
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• 2005

Polarimetric measurements of the sky radiation by the PSR-I000, which is the multi-spectral polarimeter developed by the Opt Research Corporation and has the same wavelength regions (443nm, 490nm, 565nm, 670nm, 765nm and 865nm) as the ADEOSII/POLDER sensor, have been carried out at the ground station in Kanazawa city, Japan from March to May. First of all, the wavelength dependency of degrees of polarization is examined and it is shown that degrees of polarization measured under the hazy dust cloud are lower than those measured in the clear sky and decrease as the wavelength increases. Next, a new method for estimating optical properties, such as the optical thickness, the number size distribution and the refractive index, of the Asian dust and the ground reflectance from degrees of polarization measured by PSR-I000 is described. Finally, this method is applied to polarization data acquired on April 15,2002. As a result, it is shown that our estimation algorithm provides a good result.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.1261-1263
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• 2003

Based on twelve observational stations low meteorological visibility (LMV) data during November 2002 to April 2003, the spatial distribution of LMV over Hongkong area (113.8$^{\circ}$ E-114.4$^{\circ}$ E, 22.1$^{\circ}$ N-22.4$^{\circ}$ N) is studied, using a PCA method. Optical spectrum of NOAA-16 associated with LMV shows that the significant effect factors correlated with LMV in the leading mode are the difference or rate between the visible and near-IR channels and single visible channel. A successful retrieval of LMV is done and a regression equation with a multiple correlation coefficient of 0.67 is obtained.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2005년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2005
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• pp.593-596
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• 2005

The MSC is a remote sensing instrument with very high performance that is to be installed on KOMPSAT2 satellite. The MSC consists of EOS (Electro-Optic Subsystem), PMU (Payload Management Unit) and PDTS (Payload Data Transmission Subsystem). PMU controls and monitors all the other payload units by sending commands and collecting telemetry. PMU is in charge of interfacing between payload system and satellite bus system. PMU gets commands from ground-station via OBC (On-Board Computer) that is a main controller of the satellite bus system and sends telemetry to the ground-station via OBC. There is a processor module, called SBC (Single Board Computer) in the PMU. The SBC is a main controller of the MSC system. The main roles of the SBC are payload mission management, command validation and execution, telemetry collection and monitoring, ancillary data handling, event reporting, power control of payload sub-units and communication with these units. Intel's 80486DX2 processor has been used for the SBC. Due to the fact that the SBC plays important roles for imaging mission execution and handles a lot of control data that is required for payload operation, it is required to make analysis of the CPU load when it is in maximum operation mode. In this paper, the analysis and measurement results of the SBC throughput in the maximum operation mode.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.280-282
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• 2003

The downlink data rates of the space-born payloads such as high-resolution optical cameras, synthetic aperture radars (SAR) and hyper-spectral sensors are being rapidly increased. For example, the image transmission rates of KOMPSAT-2 MSC(Multi-Spectral Camera) is 320Mbps even if on-board image compression scheme is used.[1] In the near future, the data rates are expected to be a level 500${\sim}$600Mbps because the required resolution will be higher and the swath width will be increased. This paper describes many techniques they enable 500Mbps data receiving and archiving system.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.6-12
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• 2000

위성에 탑재된 지구관측용 카메라는, 지상의 망원경과 같은 원리로, 우주상공에서 지표면 관측을 자동적으로 수행하고 관측정보를 지상으로 전달해 주는 장치다. 이용 목적에 따라 카메라의 해상도 또는 분해능, 관측대역, 관측폭, 위성의 궤도 등의 규격이 결정된다. 고해상도는 카메라 관련 제반 기술 및 경험이 부족한 국내의 여건에 적합한 소형 위성용 고해상도 카메라의 규격을 제시하며 이에 따른 광학 설계와 제작, 조립 및 측정오차를 제시한다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.113-121
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 우리나라의 위성-지상 하향 무선 광통신 시스템의 링크 가용성을 분석하였다. 주요 5개 도시(서울, 부산, 대구, 대전, 광주)의 최근 10년간의 기상 데이터를 활용했으며, 대기의 흡수 및 산란 손실과 신틸레이션 손실, 그리고 에어로졸 손실을 모두 고려하여 링크 가용성을 이론적으로 예측하였다. 정확하면서도 보수적인 링크 가용성 계산을 위하여 수적(cloud droplet)의 최대 개수 밀도를 사용하는 새로운 손실 모델을 제시하였다. 지상 기지국이 주요 5개 도시 중 한 곳에 위치하며, 대기 손실에 20 dB의 링크 버짓을 할당할 것을 전제한 경우 우리나라 위상-지상 하향 무선 광통신 링크의 가용성은 45-70%로 예측되었다. 그러나 3개 또는 5개 도시의 위치 다이버시티를 적용하면, 링크 가용성이 각각 90%와 97%로 크게 향상될 수 있을 것으로 예측되었다.