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Optimization of Space Debris Collision Avoidance Maneuver for Formation Flying Satellites

  • Seong, Jae-Dong;Kim, Hae-Dong
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.291-298
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    • 2013
  • The concept of the satellite formation flight is area where it is actively study with expandability and safety compare to existing satellite. For execution of duty with more safety issue, it needs to consider hot topic of space debris for operation of formation flight. In this paper, it suggests heuristic algorithm to have avoidance maneuver for space debris towards operating flight formation. Indeed it covers, using common software, operating simulation to nearest space environment and not only to have goal of avoidance but also minimizing the usage of fuel and finding optimization for maximizing cycle of formation flight. For improvement on convergence speed of existing heuristic algorithm, it substitute to hybrid heuristic algorithm, PSOGSA, and the result of simulation, it represents the satisfaction of minimum range for successful avoidance maneuver and compare to not using avoidance maneuver, it keeps more than three times of formation maintenance performance. From these, it is meaningful results of showing several success goals like simple avoidance collision and fuel usage and decreasing number of times of maintaining formation maneuver.

BITSE Preliminary Results

  • Bong, Su-Chan;Yang, Heesu;Lee, Jae-Ok;Kim, Yeon-Han;Cho, Kyung-Suk;Choi, Seonghwan;Baek, Ji-Hye;Park, Jongyeob;Kim, Jihun;Park, Young-Deuk;Kim, Rok-Soon;Lim, Eun-Kyung;Yashiro, Seiji;Makela, Pertti A.;Reginald, Nelson L.;Thakur, Neeharika;Gopalswamy, Natchimuthuk;Newmark, Jeffrey S.;Gong, Qian
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.60.1-60.1
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    • 2021
  • The Balloon-borne Investigation of Temperature and Speed of Electrons in the corona (BITSE) is a technology demonstration mission launched in 2019 to observe the solar corona from ~3 Rs to 15 Rs at four wavelengths (393.5, 405.0, 398.7, and 423.4 nm). Preliminary analysis shows that BITSE imaged the solar minimum corona with the equatorial streamers on the east and west limbs. The narrow streamers observed by BITSE are in good agreement with the geometric properties obtained by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) coronagraphs in the overlapping physical domain. In spite of the small signal-to-noise ratio we were able to obtain the temperature and flow speed of the western steamer. In the heliocentric distance range 4 - 7 Rs on the western streamer, we obtained a temperature of ~ 1.0 ± 0.3 MK and a flow speed of ~ 260 km s-1 with a large uncertainty interval.

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A Study on the Characteristics of Convective Activities related to Atmospheric Stability Index and Thunderstorms over the Naro Space Center (나로우주센터 상공의 대기 안정도지수 및 뇌운관련 대류활동 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Hong-Il;Choi, Eun-Ho;Seo, Seong-Gyu
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.28 no.12
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    • pp.1133-1145
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    • 2019
  • Successful launch requires state-of-the-art launch vehicle technology and constant test operations, However, the meteorological threat to the launch vehicle flight trajectory is also an important factor for launch success. Atmospheric stability above the Naro Space Center at the this time is very important, especially because the initial flight operation can determine the success of the launch. Moreover, during the flight of launch vehicle with rapid pressure and thrust into the atmosphere, convection activity in the atmosphere may create environmental conditions that cause severe weather threats such as thunderstorms. Hence, studies of atmospheric instability characteristics over the Naro Space Center are a necessary part of successful launch missions. Therefore, the main aims of this study were to (1) verify the atmospheric stability index and convection activity characteristics over the Naro Space Center using radiosonde data observed from 2007 to 2018 by the Naro Space Center, (2) analyze changes in the atmospheric stability index according to monthly and seasonal changes, and (3) assess how the calculated atmospheric stability index is related to actual thunderstorm occurrence using statistical analysis. Additionally, we aimed to investigate the atmospheric characteristics above the Naro Space Center through the distribution chart of the atmospheric stability index during summer, when convection activity is highest. Finally, we assessed the relationship between lightning occurrence and unstable atmospheric conditions, through predictability analysis performed using the lightning observation data of the Korea Meteorological Administration.

Forty years of the Outer Space Treaty : the problem inherent in governing the weaponization of the outer space (우주조약 체결 40년 : 우주의 군사적 이용 규율 문제)

  • Shin, Hong-Kyun
    • The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.207-223
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    • 2008
  • The launching of the Taepo-dong 1 on 31 August 1998 by the North Korea was the first case where the diplomatic protests was made against the flight, the purpose of which, the launching State claimed, consisted in space exploration and use. It is the principle regarding the freedom of space exploration and use, as included in the international treaty, that is relevant in applying the various rules and in defining the legal status of the flight. Its legal status, however, was not actually taken into account, as political negotiations leading to the test moratorium has been successful until present day in freezing the political crisis. This implies that the rules of the law lack the validity and logic sufficient in dictating the conduct of the States. This case shows that, in effect, it is not the rule but the politics that is to govern the status of the flight.

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Space Radiation Measurement on the Polar Route onboard the Korean Commercial Flights

  • Hwang, Jung-A;Lee, Jae-Jin;Cho, Kyung-Suk;Choi, Ho-Sung;Rho, Su-Ryun;Cho, Il-Hyun
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.43-54
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    • 2010
  • This study was performed by the policy research project of Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, which title is "Developing safety standards and management of space radiation on the polar route". In this research, total six experiments were performed using Korean commercial flights (B747). Three of those are on the polar route and the other three are on the north pacific route. Space radiation exposure measured on the polar route is the average 84.7 uSv. The simulation result using CARI-6M program gives 84.9 uSv, which is very similar to measured value. For the departure flight using the north pacific route, the measured space radiation is the average 74.4 uSv. It seems that is not so different to use the polar route or not for the return flight because the higher latitude effect causing the increase of space radiation is compensated by the shortened flight time effect causing decreasing space radiation exposure.

A Study on loggings of flight time(Focusing on the record of instrument flight) (비행시간 산정에 관한 연구(계기비행 기록을 중심으로))

  • Hwang, Ho-Won;Noh, Yo-Sup
    • The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.253-276
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    • 2005
  • A pilot logbook is an essential data for proving pilot's flight experience. the reason for maintaining this information is to fulfill the requirement for pilot certificates, manage internationally shared career placement. this study focuses on the instrument flight related items among other flight time items which are included in a pilot logbook. By comparing the way of flight time logging among Korean Aviation Law, Federal Aviation Regulation and Joint Aviation Requirements, this study concludes intensively how to define items for flight time, to amend the definition and to apply the policy in Korea with respect to the pilot logbook.

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Design of a Flight Envelope Protection System Using a Dynamic Trim Algorithm

  • Shin, Ho-Hyun;Lee, Sang-Hyun;Kim, You-Dan;Kim, Eung-Tae;Sung, Ki-Jung
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.241-251
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    • 2011
  • Most large commercial aircrafts and high performance military aircrafts use fly-by-wire (FBW) or fly-by-light systems to improve their controllability, comfort, and safety. A flight envelope protection technique is used with flight control systems utilizing the FBW technique. Such flight envelope protection systems prevent these aircraft from exceeding the structural/aerodynamic limits and control their surface limits. This is accomplished by predicting the values of the future state variables and adaptively compensating the control action. In this study, the conventional dynamic trim algorithm of the flight envelope protection is modified to increase the method accuracy and to handle cases with multiple variables. Numerical simulation is also performed to verify the performance of the proposed method.

Development of Flight Safety Analysis System for Space Launch Vehicle (우주발사체 비행안전 분석시스템 개발)

  • Choi, Kyu-Sung;Ko, Jeong-Hwan;Sim, Hyung-Seok;Rho, Woong-Rae
    • Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.123-130
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    • 2008
  • Flight safety analysis, which includes risk estimation for the various abnormal flight modes in addition to normal flight, has to be performed necessarily to guarantee launch safety for the operation of space launch vehicles. For this purpose, a dedicated system has been developed such that all the necessary repetitive computations, result reports, and graphical presentations can be performed inside a single system for user convenience. In addition, the developed system is capable of representing computed results on a three dimensional Earth for the realistic presentation. The developed Flight Safety Analysis System will be employed for the launch operation of Korea Satellite Launch Vehicle-I.

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Flight data analysis and visualization program development (비행시험 자료 분석 및 가시화 프로그램 개발)

  • Park, Young-Keun;Lee, Sung-Jin;Lee, Gi-Doo;Lim, Sang-Soo;Lee, In-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.263-269
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    • 2014
  • Flight test data visualization functions can improve an understanding of flight test results, test procedures, and the performance of a flight vehicle after flight tests. FlyingView was developed for researchers to analyse flight test data in a 3D virtual environment. It also can display X-Y plots using flight test data. It was developed and applied to flight tests of an air-to-ground weapon system of ADD. This paper describes the capabilities of FlyingView.