GEO卫星表面充电相对电位的工程分析

地球静止轨道(GEO)卫星在轨运行期间,沉浸于具有一定能量和密度的空间等离子体之中,等离子体与卫星表面材料相互作用,将使卫星出现"表面充/放电效应",进而对星上电子系统产生影响,甚至发生电路故障,直接威胁整星安全。为防止GEO卫星在轨期间因等离子体造成的表面充放电导致卫星异常和故障,在GEO卫星的设计中,必须进行卫星表面电位分析、控制和试验验证等工作。文章根据卫星表面材料的基本参数和接地状态,采用工程分析方法对卫星表面充电电位进行分析,满足卫星工程设计急需。     

木星极光等离子体环境表面充电三维仿真分析

木星为太阳系内少有的强磁场行星,其等离子体环境十分恶劣,可对木星探测器造成严重的表面充电效应。文章采用有限元方法,借助COMSOL仿真软件,对航天器表面充电现象进行三维仿真,结合NASCAP-2k以及SPIS软件对比验证了GEO表面充电效应的模拟结果,证明了该仿真方法的有效性。对航天器在木星极光等离子体环境下的表面充电现象仿真分析结果表明,在木星背景等离子体环境中15RJ处,航天器表面充电电位较低,仅为平均-80 V左右;而在木星极光等离子体中,航天器表面充电电位最高可以达到-36.7 k V,CERS等材料表面充电电位差最大可以达到-16 k V,具有较高的放电风险。     

转移轨道航天器深层充放电效应仿真分析

为研究转移轨道卫星介质深层动态充电规律特征,针对卫星动态辐射环境的特点,基于FLUMIC思想,建立辐射带动态电子环境模式。针对动态辐射环境下星上介质深层充电的特征,使用辐射诱导电导率(RIC)模型和Geant4建立了适用于转移轨道卫星动态环境下的介质深层充电应用模型。首次对地球同步转移轨道(GTO)和嫦娥一号卫星调相轨道运行过程中介质深层充电情况进行了仿真分析。结果表明:转移轨道卫星在运行时会多次穿越辐射带区域,电子通量存在明显波动,这种波动性反映在材料的充电电位变化中。材料峰值充电电位分别为-2 846V和-4 110V,介质内部平衡电场均超过106 V/m,存在内放电风险,需要在工程设计中进行针对性防护。     

氙离子发动机对GEO卫星表面充/放电效应的影响

用于GEO卫星上的氙离子发动机工作时喷射出具有一定能量和密度的氙离子及电子,参与了通常由空间等离子体、表面材料二次电子、光生电子等对GEO卫星的表面充/放电过程,从而对卫星表面充/放电效应产生影响。文章对此影响进行定性分析,并探讨其设计要求。     

大椭圆轨道航天器介质材料深层充电仿真分析

为研究大椭圆轨道(HEO)航天器介质深层充电规律特征,基于FLUMIC模型建立辐射带电子环境模式,初步分析了诱发HEO深层充电的高能电子环境,计算了介质材料在HEO环境下的充电特征,并与地球同步轨道(GEO)下的情况进行对比。结果表明,HEO电子平均积分通量与GEO的相比处于同一量级,但存在明显波动,这将导致卫星在轨运行时,其上介质平均充电电位上升,增加内带电的风险。HEO介质平均充电电位为GEO的1.3倍,瞬时电位以12 h周期波动,电位最大值较环境电子通量最大值有数十min延时。增加屏蔽层厚度和减小介质厚度均能有效减缓HEO卫星介质电位波动,并降低内带电的风险。     

卫星电缆网内部充电效应仿真分析

电缆结构作为最常见的卫星上的介质-金属结构,只受到卫星蒙皮的保护,其内部充电效应须引起重视。针对卫星上常见的电缆网结构进行了分析,使用内部充电三维仿真软件计算分析了GEO卫星上几种不同型号电缆对应不同蒙皮厚度下的充电效应,并对弯曲电缆、蒙皮孔洞处的电缆、电缆固定件等结构的简化模型进行了仿真分析。结果显示,在GEO恶劣电子环境下,单一卫星电缆会因为内部充电效应带上一定的负电位,在绝缘皮较厚或电缆处于蒙皮孔洞处等情况下,充电负电位会升高;电缆固定件介质块的充电电位与介质材料的尺寸有关,会带来较高的放电风险。     

卫星表面充电空间环境及其模拟方法

卫星表面充电是七十年代初发现的危害同步轨道卫星工作性能的新问题。所谓卫星表面充电环境是指使卫星表面充电的环境,它主要指磁层亚暴时的等离子体环境。本文叙述了卫星表面充电环境、充电机理和充电造成的危害。介绍了以大辐照面积电子枪为主的模拟试验系统和为我国通信卫星部件和样品进行充电试验的部分结果。试验证明,我们采用的模拟试验系统和试验方法是合理的,正确的。     

空间等离子体对飞船对接过程的充放电影响

基于低地球轨道空间等离子体对航天器的充电机理,根据电子、离子运动性质分析了飞船绝对电位与表面导电材料分布间的关系,讨论了对接放电过程中航天器与空间等离子体的交互作用,给出了其计算方法和相关试验结果.从空间环境角度为工程实现提供了理论依据和参考.     

基于碳纳米管透明导电膜的航天器表面充电防护试验研究

ITO膜常用于卫星表面电位控制,但其易碎、折叠后电阻增大,导致卫星表面存在充电隐患。为解决此问题,试验研究碳纳米管透明导电膜的电阻经过折叠后的变化,并采用低能电子辐照的手段获得碳纳米管膜的充电特性。试验结果显示:碳纳米管膜的体电阻率、充电电位与ITO膜接近,但在相同折叠次数下,碳纳米管膜电阻的变化远小于ITO膜,因此碳纳米管膜在航天器表面充电防护工程应用方面比ITO膜更有优势。     

“嫦娥一号”卫星观测近月太阳风离子特征

"嫦娥一号"卫星的太阳风离子探测器(SWIDs)的科学目标是研究太阳风与月球的相互作用以及相应的近月空间等离子体环境。文章利用"嫦娥一号"卫星SWIDs探测器在2007年12月30日的观测数据对近月太阳风等离子体环境,包括向阳侧太阳风离子、"拾起"离子以及在月球尾迹边界处的太阳风离子的特征进行分析,得到以下主要观测结果:1)在慢速太阳风中观测到双峰结构,分别为太阳风中的氢离子和二价氦离子;2)在行星际磁场具有明显昏向(+By)分量期间,在月球向阳侧持续观测到有月表散射或反射后被拾起的太阳风离子;3)与入射的太阳风离子不同,这些拾起的太阳风离子具有明显的角度分布特征;4)在行星际磁场昏向(晨向)期间,太阳风中的氢离子在月球尾迹北半球的边界处呈现减速(加速)特征并进入尾迹;而并未发现氦离子进入尾迹的特征。"嫦娥一号"卫星的这些观测数据对于认识近月空间等离子体环境有着重要的意义。     

航天器空间碎片被动防护技术

文章介绍了航天器磁力矩器在低轨道等离子体环境中的一些效应。以某型号卫星为例,计算了某型号磁力矩器产生的磁场,分析了等离子体在磁力矩器产生的磁场中的运动状态。经过建模计算,磁力矩器周围等离子体中的电子将在磁力矩器两端往复运动,而距离磁力矩器较远的电子将聚集在磁力矩器的两端附近。     

Hydrodynamic Approach to Modeling the Thermal Plasma Distribution around a Moving Charged Satellite

The electric field distribution around a charged satellite in a rarefied magnetospheric plasma influences greatly the densities and trajectories of particles measured by onboard instruments. The simulation of macroparameters of thermal plasma near the moving charged satellite, which is necessary for correction of experimental measurements, encounters considerable computational difficulties. In this work, two three-dimensional models of the electric field distribution around the satellite are considered under the conditions when the Debye length is comparable to the geometrical size of the spacecraft. In the first model a system of hydrodynamic equations of continuity and motion was used, which was solved jointly with the Poisson equation. In the second model the hydrodynamic equation of motion was used for analyzing the motion of large particles by means of the method of particles in a cell. The numerical algorithms and the results of calculations of the potential near the satellite, as well as the distributions of densities of electrons and ions and of volume charge, are considered. The results of test calculations for some situations in the ambient plasma are presented, and the influence of the spatial electric field distribution on the thermal plasma measurements is considered.     

Radiation Electrification of Spacecraft Leeward Surfaces by Auroral Electrons in the Ionosphere

A methodology of the physical modeling of radiation electrification of the leeward surfaces of the materials used to construct space vehicles by auroral electrons, when the vehicles are flown supersonically around by the ionospheric plasma at low and middle heights, is developed. Based on laboratory modeling, numerical experiments, and in situ observations, the dependencies of charging levels and equilibrium potentials on the ratio of the auroral electron density to the positive ions in the near wake behind the body and in the undisturbed plasma are determined.     

从卫星SAR海洋图像中检测船目标及其航迹

从卫星ＳＡＲ海洋图像中检测船目标及其航迹是一项很有意义的工作。由于船目标有强的角反射，它的雷达回波信号比较强，在ＳＡＲ图像中的灰度值比较高。先检测船目标，再在船的周围寻找航迹的检测方案比较合理。文中先介绍了船目标的检测问题。提出应用非线性拉伸的方法增强船目标，运用形态学滤波的方法消除斑点，通过阈值方法检测出船目标后，统计船目标的长度以及中心位置等重要信息。检测出船目标后，使用曲线扫描的方法来进一步     

The analysis of measurements of quasi-stationary electrical fields in the near-surface zone of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">Mir</Emphasis> orbital complex

The quasi-stationary electrical fields have been measured in the near-surface zone of the Kvant module of the Mir orbital complex using vibration-type sensors of the Zond-Zaryad instrument. The analysis of measurements has shown that, depending on the spacecraft’s surface section shape (an octagon), four areas of the electrical fields configuration (and of the plasma component density) were revealed in the spacecraft vicinity: a ram with angular extension of about 120° (±60°), two side areas with angular extension of about 60° each, and a wake with angular extension of about 120° (±60°). The electrical field in the ram has a small absolute value. In the side areas, the electrical field can have either a negative or positive value, and it is smaller in magnitude than that in the ram. The electrical field in the wake has a three-petal structure (and an even more complicated structure is also possible): the negative value of the field (with angular extension of about 45°), the positive value of the field (with angular extension of about 30°), and, again, the negative value of the field (with angular extension of about 45°). Absolute value of the field in the wake is at least an order of magnitude higher than that in the ram and on the side surfaces.     

Studies of the substorm on March 12, 1991: 1. Structure of substorm activity and auroral ions

The substorm on March 12, 1991 is studied using the data of ground-based network of magnetometers, all-sky cameras and TV recordings of aurora, and measurements of particle fluxes and magnetic field onboard a satellite in the equatorial plane. The structure of substorm activity and the dynamics of auroral ions of the central plasma sheet (CPS) and energetic quasi-trapped ions related to the substorm are considered in the first part. It is shown that several sharp changes in the fluxes and pitch-angle distribution of the ions which form the substorm ion injection precede a dipolarization of the magnetic field and increases of energetic electrons, and coincide with the activation of aurora registered 20° eastward from the satellite. A conclusion is drawn about different mechanisms of the substorm acceleration (injection) of electrons and ions.     

Q/V频段电磁波在等离子体鞘套下的传输特性

高超声速飞行器再入地面时，由于飞行器表面等离子体电子密度分布不均匀，因此从背风面向天基中继卫星传输，可避开迎风面的高电子密度，并以Q/V频段为测控频段，经中继卫星转发至地面测控站。本文以波阻抗方法为基础，分析了Q/V频段在不同等离子体参数下的传输特性，并仿真了等离子体对Q/V频段天线波束指向的影响。结果表明：Q/V频段在等离子体中穿透性更好，可在更高的等离子体电子密度和碰撞频率下保持较低的衰减值。但Q/V频段下的天线波束指向偏差较大，随着频段的提高和入射角度的减小，偏差值逐渐减小。因此，应用Q/V频段，通过中继卫星转发实现实时通信，有利于缓解再入飞行器“黑障”现象。     

Plasma irregularities in unstable outer ionosphere according to the Intercosmos-Bulgaria-1300 satellite data

The results of the satellite low-latitude and mid-latitude measurements of the disturbed plasma concentration, electron temperature, and quasi-stable electric field at heights of ～900 km after sunset are discussed. It is shown that the sharp fronts of changes in the electron temperature and plasma density observed in the experiment onboard the Intercosmos-Bulgaria-1300 satellite in the low-latitude (and equatorial) outer ionosphere can be related to damping of the oscillations of plasma electrons at local decreases of the plasma density (plasma “pits”) and formation of the vortex plasma structures at density and temperature gradients, which promotes conservation of ionosphere irregularities and makes the fronts of concentration variations steeper. Nonmonotonic variations in the plasma conductivity for the ionosphere currents in unstable plasma can be a cause of observed nonmonotonic disturbances of the vertical component of the “constant” electric field.     

Effects of small-scale plasma disturbance on the IKB-1300 spacecraft potential

The potential of the Intercosmos-Bulgaria-1300 (IKB-1300) satellite launched to a circular orbit at an altitude ～900 km was measured with several instruments. Care was taken to equalize the potential along the satellite surface. The satellite was placed inside the conducting screen and the solar cells had a metal coating. The satellite potential slightly varied along the trajectory and in the typical case it was “?2”B that corresponds to 5 kTe/e. While the satellite crossed the auroral zone small-scale fluctuations of plasma and field parameters, known as shocks, were recorded. In this region a sharp decrease of the satellite negative potential is often observed. In this case the potential variations well correlate with the increasing flux of energetic electrons. The observed variations can be explained by secondary electron emission from the satellite surface.     

卫星磁力矩器磁场效应仿真分析

磁力矩器是卫星上磁性较大的部件之一,局部的强磁场是影响卫星周围带电粒子分布的主要原因。为了定量分析磁力矩器与等离子体相互作用,文章基于磁场与运动粒子的耦合模型,利用有限元数值分析软件仿真了典型轨道航天器上磁力矩器工作时周围带电粒子入射轨迹变化及电荷(粒子数)分布。结果表明,受磁场作用,带电粒子在接近磁力矩器本体时会发生偏转,且偏转幅度随电子能量降低而增大;由磁场引起的这种偏转效应导致带电粒子不均匀入射到卫星内。