• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.344-350
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• 2009

In this paper, interference effect given from non-geostationary orbit link into geostationary orbit link is analyzed by BER performance. To analyze the interference effect with the angle between satellites, the angular separation is changed from $1^{\circ}$ to $8^{\circ}$, and the number of the satellite is also changed from 1 to 4 for analyzing it. From the results, the interference effect into the geostationary orbit service from non-geostationary orbit link is more increased according to the angular separation that is decreased. Especially, the small angle gives more interference effects to the geostationary orbit link. Furthermore, more number of interfering satellites gives more interference effect to the geostationary orbit link. However, the angle between the interference orbit and geostationary orbit gives more effect to the system performance then the number of the interference orbit.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.26.1-26.1
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• 2008

The Korean first geostationary meteorological satellite, COMS, will be launched during second half of 2009. For the next meteorological geostationary satellite mission, KARI is now preparing the development process and tools. As one of the endeavor, a software tool is being developed for the analysis and design of geostationary transfer orbit. Generally, these kind of tools should be able to do various analysis works like apogee burn planning, dispersion analysis, ground visibility analysis, and launch window analysis etc. In this presentation, a brief introduction about a design process and analysis software tool development. And simulated calculation results are provided for the geostationary transfer orbit. These software can be used for the next geostationary satellite mission design and development.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.11
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• pp.41-47
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• 2005

Even more than 240 commercial geostationary communication satellites currently on orbit at the higher location than the GPS orbit altitude perform their own missions only by the support of the ground segment because of weak visibility from GPS. In addition, the orbit determination accuracy is very low without using two or more dedicated ground tracking antennas in intercontinental ground segment, since the satellite hardly moves with respect to the ground station. In this paper, we propose the GSPS(Geostationary Satellite Positioning System) in circular orbits of two sidereal days period higher than the geosynchronous orbit for orbit determination and autonomous satellite operation. The GSPS is conceived as a ranging system in that unknown positions of a geostationary satellite can be acquired from the known positions of the GSPS satellites. Each GSPS satellite transmits navigation data, clock data, correction data, and geostationary satellite command to control a geostationary satellite.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.480-491
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• 2003

When Korea develop a geostationary satellite (Communication. Broadcasting. Meteorology Satellite), it is more economical and effective to make as an international cooperation program from the first phase, because Korea doesn't have any experience of manufacturing a geostationary satellite. This paper discusses why Japan is appropriate for cooperating country, and suggests cooperation of space technology between Korea and Japan and setting up of the organization for Korea and Japan joint geostationary satellite development.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.919-923
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• 2009

In this paper, interference effect given from non-geostationary orbit link into geostationary orbit link is analyzed by BER performance curve. To analyse the interference effect with the angle between satellites, the angular separation is changed from $1^{\circ}$ to $8^{\circ}$, and the number of the satellite is also changed from 1 to 4 for analyzing it. From the result under those research environments, the interference effect into the geostationary orbit service is more increased according to the angular separation that is decreased. Especially, the small angle gives more interference effects to the geostationary orbit link. Furthermore, more number of interfering satellites gives more interference effect to the geostationary orbit link.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.135-141
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• 2009

A preliminary thermal analysis is performed for the optical payload system of a geostationary satellite. The optical payload considered in this paper is GOCI(Geostationary Ocean Color Imager) of COMS of Korea. The radiative and conductive thermal models are employed in order to predict thermal responses of the GOCI on the geostationary orbit. According to the results of this analysis are as follows: 1) the GOCI instrument thermal control is satisfactory to provide the temperatures for the GOCI performances, 2) the thermal control is defined and interfaces are validated, and 3) the entrance baffle temperature is found slightly out its specification, therefore further detailed analyses should be continued on this element.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• v.1
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• pp.232-235
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• 2006

Using 30 days of hourly visible channel data and DIScrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer (DISORT) model (6S), Aerosol optical depth (AOD) at $0.55{\mu}m$ was retrieved over the East Asia. In contrast with the AOD retrieval using low-earth-orbit satellites such as MODIS (Moderate-Res olution Spectroradiometer) or MISR (Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer), this algorithm with geostationary satellite can improve the monitoring of AOD without the limitation of temporal resolution. Due to the limited number of channels in the conventional meteorological imager onboard the geostationary satellite, an AOD retrieval algorithm utilizing a single visible channel has been introduced. This single channel algorithm has larger retrieval error of AOD than other multiple-channel algorithm due to errors in surface reflectance and atmospheric property. In this study, the effects of manifold atmospheric and surface properties on the retrieval of AOD from the geostationary satellite, are investigated and compared with the AODs from AERONET and MODIS. To improve the accuracy of retrieved AOD, efforts were put together to minimize uncertainties through extensive sensitivity tests. This algorithm can be utilized to retrieve aerosol information from previous geostationary satellite for long-term climate studies.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.10
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• pp.870-877
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• 2014

Geostationary satellites undergo various orbital perturbations and this results in location change. Therefore, all the geostationary satellites use the thruster in order to control the location change. For this purpose, the suitable amount of liquid propellant is mounted and the amount of propellant is reduced as time goes by. This means that the lifetime of the satellite depends on the residual propellant amount. Therefore precise residual propellant gauging is very important for the mitigation of economic losses arised from premature removal of satellite from its orbit, satellites replacement planning, slot management and so on. In this paper, we introduce the propellant gauging methods used in the geostationary satellites and the propellant gauging method studied in the laboratory level.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.267-271
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• 2004

The satellite in the geostationary orbit rotates around Earth center with the same angular rate as the Earth. So, the Earth can be observed with sequential time series. GOES(Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites)-9 is a meteorological satellite, which is now located at 155ㆁE geostationary orbit location in order to monitor East-Asia meteorological environment including Korean Peninsular. Every meteorological information is acquired from GOES-9 with the period of about 1 hour. COMS(Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite) has been developed by KARI(Korea Aerospace Research Institute) since 2003 and will be launched at 2008. COMS will be located at different orbit location compared to GOES-9. In this study, a simulated COMS image which is the perspective from different geostationary orbit location is generated using an GOES-9 image.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.65-82
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• 2021

For the vast majority of geostationary satellites currently in orbit, station keeping activities including orbit determination and maneuver planning and execution are ground-directed and dependent on the availability of ground-based satellite control personnel and facilities. However, a requirement linked to satellite autonomy and survivability in cases of interrupted ground support is often one of the stipulated provisions on the satellite platform design. It is especially important for a geostationary military-purposed satellite to remain within its designated orbital window, in order to provide reliable uninterrupted telecommunications services, in the absence of ground-based resources due to warfare or other disasters. In this paper we investigate factors affecting the robustness of a geostationary satellite's orbit in terms of the maximum duration the satellite's station keeping window can be maintained without ground intervention. By comparing simulations of orbit evolution, given different initial conditions and operations strategies, a variation of parameters study has been performed and we have analyzed which factors the duration is most sensitive to. This also provides valuable insights into which factors may be worth controlling by a military or civilian geostationary satellite operator. Our simulations show that the most beneficial factor for maximizing the time a satellite will remain in the station keeping window is the operational practice of pre-emptively loading East-West station keeping maneuvers for automatic execution on board the satellite should ground control capability be lost. The second most beneficial factor is using short station keeping maneuver cycle durations.