한국추진공학회지 (Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers)

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  • Pages.1-9
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  • 2019
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  • 1226-6027(pISSN)
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  • 2288-4548(eISSN)
한국추진공학회 (The Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers)
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재사용발사체의 비용 효용성에 미치는 임무중량의 영향

Impacts of Payload Weights on the Cost Effectiveness of Reusable Launch Vehicles

  • Yang, Soo Seok (AeroPropulsion Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
  • 투고 : 2019.04.25
  • 심사 : 2019.05.16
  • 발행 : 2019.08.01
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최근 위성발사체 시장에서 발사가격은 상당한 수준으로 낮아지고 있다. 이것은 약 10년전부터 발사 시장에 SpaceX 등의 민간기업이 진입하면서 소수 기업의 독점체제가 민간을 포함한 경쟁체제로 변하였고, 민간기업의 기술 및 경영 효율화가 적극적으로 도입되고 있기 때문이다. 또한 SpaceX는 2016년에 위성발사체 1단의 회수에 성공함으로써 재사용발사체의 서막을 열었고, 향후 재사용발사체를 활용하여 위성발사 가격을 획기적으로 낮추겠다고 공언하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 어떤 한 위성을 LEO 궤도에 올리기 위하여 필요한 총 발사비용을 계산하고, 3가지 경우의 임무중량에 대하여 각각의 발사비용을 비교하여 재사용발사체의 비용 효용성에 미치는 임무중량의 영향에 대하여 알아본다. 발사비용은 개발비용, 제작비용, 재사용비용, 운용비용, 고정비용 및 보험비용으로 구분하여 계산하며, 각 계산에 사용된 비용추정관계식은 TRNSCOST 등의 비용계산모델을 활용하여 사용하였다.

Recently, in the space market, there has been a rapid reduction of the launch price. The major reason is that a few commercial companies, especially SpaceX, began to enter into the space market about ten years ago, which has changed the space market from monopolization to competition, and accelerated the adoption of commercial efficiency in the technology and management. Also, the successful landing and recovery of a first stage in 2016 by SpaceX proved to be a prelude to opening a new era of reusable launch vehicles, and SpaceX declared the groundbreaking launch price through using the reusable launch vehicle. This study calculates the total launch cost required to put a certain satellite into the LEO, compares the launch cost in three cases with different payload weights, and reviews the impacts of the payload on the cost effectiveness of a reusable vehicle. The total launch cost is divided into 6 subsections cost, namely development cost, production cost, refurbishment cost, operation cost, fixed-cost of factory and launch site, and insurance cost. The cost estimation relationships used in the calculation are taken from the commonly proven cost models such as TRANSCOST.

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