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Reentry Guidance for Korean Space Plane Based on Reference Drag Following

한국형 우주비행기의 기준 항력 추종 기반 재진입 유도 기법

  • Yoon, Da-In (Korea Advanced Instituted of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Young-Won (Korea Advanced Instituted of Science and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Hun (Korea Advanced Instituted of Science and Technology) ;
  • Choi, Han-Lim (Korea Advanced Instituted of Science and Technology) ;
  • Ryu, Hyeok (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
  • Received : 2021.03.24
  • Accepted : 2021.05.21
  • Published : 2021.08.01
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Abstract

This paper aims to propose new reentry guidance for Korean Space plane (KSP). Similar to the Space Shuttle guidance concept, a reference drag profile is first determined to satisfy several flight path constraints and boundary conditions, and the proposed guidance commands are realized in a way to track the predetermined reference drag profile. To this end, the drag dynamics is examined. The investigation uncovers that the dynamics characteristics of the drag and the flight path angle are considerably different. Based on this fact, the proposed guidance commands are determined using the time-scale separation technique and the feedback linearization methodology. The key feature of the proposed guidance lies in its simple structure and a clear working mechanism. Therefore, the proposed method is simple to implement compared to existing methods. Numerical simulations are performed to investigate the performance of the proposed method.

본 논문에서는 한국형 우주비행기(KSP)에 대한 새로운 재진입 유도를 제안하고자 한다. 제안된 방법은 우주 왕복선 유도 개념과 유사하게 다양한 비행경로 제약조건과 경계조건을 만족시키는 기준 항력 프로파일을 미리 결정하고, 결정된 기준 항력 프로파일을 추종하는 방식으로 유도명령이 구현된다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 항력 동역학을 조사하였으며, 그 결과 항력과 비행경로각의 동역학적 응답 특성이 상당히 다르다는 사실이 밝혀졌다. 이 사실을 바탕으로 제안한 유도명령은 시간분리 기법과 궤환선형화 방법을 사용하여 결정된다. 제안한 유도기법의 주요 특징은 간단한 구조와 명확한 작동 메커니즘에 있다. 따라서 제안된 방법은 기존 방법에 비해 구현이 간단하다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 방법의 성능을 조사하기 위해 수치 시뮬레이션을 수행한다.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문은 한국항공우주연구원 자체연구사업 "우주비행기 활강 및 착륙접근 비행제어 기반기술(적립금)"의 지원으로 수행되었습니다.

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