Yeji Kim

Ms. Yeji Kim


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 October 2025 in Aerospace
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YKYeji Kim
Yeji Kim
PKPureum Kim
Pureum Kim
HRHan-Gyeol Ryu
Han-Gyeol Ryu
YEYoungho Eun
Youngho Eun
SPSang-young Park
Sang-young Park
As the demand for high-speed space-borne data transmission grows, CubeSat-based Free-Space Optical Communication (FSOC) offers a viable solution for achieving a Gbps-speed optical intersatellite link on low-cost platforms. The Very-High-Speed Intersatellite Optical Link System Using an Infrared Optical Terminal and Nanosatellite (VISION) mission aims to establish these high-speed laser crosslinks, which require a precise pointing and relative positioning system at relative distances up to 1000 km. A real-time relative navigation system was developed based on dual-frequency GPS pseudorange and carrier-phase measurements, incorporating an adaptive Kalman filter which uses innovation-based covariance matching to dynamically adjust process noise covariance. Hardware-integrated testing with GPS signal generators and onboard receivers validated its performance under realistic conditions, consistently achieving sub-meter positioning accuracy across baselines up to 1000 km. An integrated orbit–attitude simulation further evaluated the feasibility of the Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking (PAT) system by combining real-time relative navigation outputs with an attitude control system. Simulation results showed that the PAT system maintained a total pointing error of 274.3 μrad, sufficient to sustain stable high-speed optical links. This study demonstrates that the VISION relative navigation and pointing systems, integrated within the PAT framework, enable precise real-time optical intersatellite communication using CubeSats.