Satellite ground control system using communication satellite

• US 20080092180A1
• Filed: 12/28/2006
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Jae-Hoon, Kim, Tae-Hee, Lee, Jeom-Hun
• Granted Patent: US 7,643,792 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/63
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18519 Operations control, administration or maintenance

Abstract

Provided is a satellite ground control system and method based on a communication satellite. The system includes: a communication satellite link means for monitoring and controlling a system device and transmitting remote measurement data and a process result to the central control station; an interface for analyzing the command, transmitting the command to a processing means and transmitting remote measurement data and a process result to the communication satellite link means; a satellite operating means for receiving a command from the interface, transforming the command into a remote command and transmitting remote measurement data to the interface; and a control satellite link means for transmitting the received remote command, receiving the remote measurement data, transmitting the remote measurement data to the satellite operating means, and transmitting a process result of monitor and control of a corresponding system device to the interface.

Claims

1. A satellite ground control system based on a communication satellite, comprising:

a communication satellite link means for monitoring and controlling a corresponding system device according to a monitor and control command among commands transmitted from an external central control station through the communication satellite and transmitting remote measurement data for a remote command and a process result for the monitor and control command to the central control station through the communication satellite;

an interface for analyzing the transmitted command, transmitting the command to a corresponding processing means and transmitting remote measurement data of a remote command and a process result of the monitor and control command to the communication satellite link means;

a satellite operating means for receiving a command related to a mission satellite from the interface, transforming the command into a remote command and transmitting remote measurement data of the transformed remote command to the interface; and

a control satellite link means for transmitting the received remote command in the satellite operating means, receiving the remote measurement data, transmitting the remote measurement data to the satellite operating means, and transmitting a process result of monitor and control of a corresponding system device to the interface according to the monitor and control command from the interface.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the communication satellite link means includes:

a communication antenna for transmitting/receiving a Radio Frequency (RF) signal through the communication satellite;

a communication RF unit which is connected to the communication antenna and processes the RF signal;

a communication modem for receiving a command from the central control station among signals from the communication RF unit, transmitting the command to the interface, and transmitting remote measurement data of the remote command from the interface and the process result of the monitor and control command to the central control station through the communication RF unit and the communication antenna; and

a system monitor and control unit for monitoring and controlling the communication antenna, the communication RF unit and the communication modem according to the monitor and control command transmitted from the interface and transmitting the process result to the interface.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the interface includes:

a satellite command receiving unit for receiving the command of the central control station from the communication satellite link means;

a satellite command message processing unit for analyzing and transforming the received command;

a satellite command message transmitting unit for transmitting the transformed command to a corresponding processing means;

a data receiving unit for receiving the remote measurement data of the remote command from the satellite operating means or receiving the process result of the monitor and control command from the communication satellite link means and the control satellite link means;

a remote message processing unit for transforming the received remote measurement data or process result into a remote message to be transmitted to the central control station; and

a remote message transmitting unit for transmitting the transformed remote message to the communication satellite link means.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the satellite operating means includes:

a satellite command processing unit for receiving a command corresponding to the mission satellite among destinations classified in the interface, transforming the command into a remote command and transmitting the command to the control satellite link means; and

a satellite measurement data processing unit for collecting the remote measurement data of the remote command from the control satellite link means and transmitting the remote measurement data to the interface.

5. A satellite control method based on a communication satellite, comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a command for remote monitoring through the communication satellite from a central control station;

b) analyzing the received command, and detecting destinations of the command;

c) transforming the command into one between a remote command to be transmitted to the mission satellite and a monitor and control command according to the determined destination;

d) transmitting the transformed remote command to a mission satellite or monitoring and controlling a corresponding device according to the transformed monitor and control command; and

e) receiving one between remote measurement data transmitted from the mission satellite and a process result of the monitor and control command, and transmitting the remote measurement data to the central control station.