Experimental study in adaptive tracking control

The authors describe an experimental study of adaptive pointing and tracking control for flexible spacecraft conducted on a complex ground experiment facility. The algorithm used is based on a multivariable direct model reference adaptive control law. Several experimental validation studies performed using this algorithm for vibration damping and robust regulation are extended by addressing the pointing and tracking problem. As is consistent with an adaptive control framework, the plant is assumed to be poorly known to the extent that only system level knowledge of its dynamics is available. Explicit bounds on the steady-state pointing error are derived as functions of the adaptive controller design parameters. It is shown that good tracking performance can be achieved in an experimental setting by adjusting adaptive controller design weightings according to the guidelines indicated by the analytical expressions for the error     

Pointing Error Statistics in Optical Beam Tracking

In tracking optical beams from a source, a pointing error signal is derived from photodetecting the field in the receiver focal plane. This error signal is then used in some manner to control a gimballed system that continually points the receiver optics toward the source. When the source field undergoes turbulent transmission, the optical beam is attenuated and scattered, and the field is randomly defocused at the receiver. In this case the pointing error of the tracking system will evolve as a random vector process in time, statistically related to the random scattering, the photodetection process, and the dynamics of the gimballing system. Such vector processes have probability densities that satisfy well-known differential equations. These equations are derived in terms of accepted scattering models and tracking systems, assuming quadranttype error detectors are used in the focal plane. Approximate solutions are obtained and analyzed for typical operating conditions, and the manner in which the degree of scattering degrades the entire pointing operation is shown.     

中继卫星星间天线指向误差传播率研究

基于中继卫星星间天线对用户航天器的跟踪规律,建立了准确的误差传递模型,并对分析结果进行了仿真验证。文中首先定义了误差传递模型所需的各类坐标系;然后使用微分方法分别建立了中继卫星轨道误差传递模型、中继卫星姿态误差传递模型,分析了滚动角、俯仰角和偏航角与指向精度之间的关系,以及位置保持控制对指向精度的影响;最后借助于STK软件的轨道计算功能,使用蒙特卡罗方法进行数学仿真,仿真结果验证了误差传递模型的准确性。     

卫星光通信APT控制系统H∞设计

 捕获瞄准跟踪(APT)控制系统的设计是影响整个星间光通信系统性能的重要因素。利用指向偏差的概率分布阐述了卫星光通信过程中捕获概率、跟踪误差及误码率受卫星平台振动和终端装置参数摄动的影响,通过功率谱分析了卫星平台振动在低频段、对象不确定性在高频段对指向偏差的影响,并对其进行了模型化分析。采用H_∞控制混合灵敏度设计方法同时抑制干扰和处理受控对象不确定性问题进行控制器设计。仿真验证表明该方法得到的控制器对平台干扰具有抑制力,对对象摄动具有鲁棒性。     

Frequency-Agility Processing to Reduce Radar Glint Pointing Error

A technique to reduce radar pointing errors due to glint using frequency agility and amplitude weighting is presented. The reduction in rms tracking error is developed into an equation dependent upon the original glint tracking error, ?g, and the number of returns weighted, N. The rms tracking error is thereby reduced approximately by a factor of N. Finally, the equation formulated allows one to evaluate the reduction in glint error versus the number of frequencies chosen for frequency agility.     

ATP系统驱动装置设计

捕获、跟踪和瞄准（Acquisition,Tracking,Pointing—ATP）系统是飞行器激光通信与协同控制系统的重要组成部分。本文提出了基于激光反射的二维扫描ATP系统的总体解决方案,建立了扫描模块中关键器件的理论数学模型,实现了电路控制模块的硬件与软件界面的设计,最终搭建了ATP系统驱动装置。该装置响应迅速,结构紧凑,稳定性好,可完成120°视场的扫描以及视场中任意一点的定位。     

Torque disturbance rejection in high accuracy tracking systems

The possibility of rejecting torque disturbances that degrade the pointing and tracking accuracy of electromechanical pedestals and general two-axis systems used for target acquisition and robotics is discussed. Torque rejection achieved through disturbance estimation and compensation results in a vast improvement in pointing accuracy. For the class of disturbances considered, comparisons of a classical loop configuration of a tracker, modeled as a two-mass system, with the state-space solution indicate that at least an order-of-magnitude improvement in tracking error can be achieved     

Volterra Series Synthesis of Nonlinear Stochastic Tracking Systems

One of the most important objectives of a radar angle-tracking loop is to keep the target within the beamwidth of the radar antenna. Thus, the behavior of the antenna pointing error is of vital interest in determination of tracking performance. For a tracker with a general polynomial linearity (representing nonlinear receiver characteristics), subjected to constant line-of-sight rate inputs, random initial antenna pointing errors, and white Gaussian receiver noise, a method to obtain approximations to the transient mean and variance of the antenna pointing error as explicit functions of time is presented.     

引入姿态误差的中继跟踪预报

航天器的姿态控制误差是客观存在的,由于中继终端跟踪能力有限,在某些情况下,姿态误差会导致跟踪中断,从而造成测控资源的浪费并影响正常执行任务。针对姿态控制误差影响中继跟踪的问题,通过对简化姿态旋转矩阵求导,推导出姿态误差与中继终端框架角和角速度的转换关系,得到引入姿态误差的中继终端跟踪预报模型。利用该模型对某航天器中继跟踪情况进行仿真计算,表明：考虑姿态误差情况下,中继跟踪弧段比无扰动情况要短一些,跟踪时间减少的时段发生在天线方位轴与航天器到中继星连线的夹角较小的时候。     

泛函级数在导弹主翼振动分析上的应用

为了研究突风载荷对导弹主翼的垂直振动及俯仰倾角的影响,提出了对非线性动态系统做建模研究的Voherra泛函方法的任意高阶核估计方法.该方法在核理论基础上,构造线性空间,将求解Volterra泛函各阶核的问题转化为求输出观测向量在希尔伯特空间子空间上的分量,利用线性空间中向量内积的求解而间接辨识出复杂的非线性动态系统.相对于其他在时域或频域估计Volterra核的理论,该方法数学基础清晰、计算量不随辨识精度增高而增加、能够对任意高阶核进行估计,可对强非线性动态系统进行辨识,回避了计算量很大的计算流体力学(CFD).虽然对模型的喂给数据量有一定要求,但与随机和伪随机信号的随机响应法、Lee-Schetzen法和其他的统计量辨识方法比较,不需要对喂给数据量和概率分布有太高要求.通过该方法辨识出来的各阶核,可以立即得到系统的一阶幅相频响应和各阶广义频率响应.在NACA64-008A翼型加载线性扫频调幅拉伸力,将系统响应与辨识模型响应及Ijee-Schetzen法在不同喂给数据量下辨识结果做了对比和说明.     

Confidence Limits for the Pointing Error of Gimbaled Sensors

The confidence limits for the pointing error of a gimbaled sensor relative to an off-gimbal reference are derived in this paper. The various misalignment angles and errors that lead to discrepancies between the indicated and the actual pointing direction are discussed in detail. A mathematical model is developed from which the statistics of the pointing error are derived. The confidence limits are obtained for a variety of cases.     

Microwave Azimuth Measuring System

A breadboard microwave pointing device (ElectroTransit) has been designed, fabricated, and tested. The device and accompanying RF sources comprise a portable, battery-operated, azimuth angle measuring system with application in surveying, mapping, and geodesy, and for conducting basic research in tropospheric propagation and turbulence studies. The angle measuring sensor combines a Ka-band interferometer with an optical theodolite to provide two modes of pointing. Azimuth angle can be read directly to 0.1 arc-second. Preliminary tests on the interferometer show a pointing repeatability on the order of two arc-seconds, three sigma, when tropospheric turbulence is minimum and a mean absolute error of less than 10 arc-seconds, three sigma, compared with first-order optical standards. This paper describes the design, fabrication, and testing of this extremely precise instrumentation.     

On-orbit calibration of satellite antenna-pointing errors

A pragmatic approach is presented to the on-orbit calibration of the spaceborne gimbaled parabolic reflector antennas to enhance their pointing and tracking accuracies in the presence of unknown structural deformations and other errors. The technique described is based on the second-order extended Kalman filter. Except for some knowledge of Kalman filtering, the work is self-contained and tutorial in character, developing necessary error models and deriving most pertinent equations from first principles. Preliminary simulations, from which covariance analysis results have been obtained, indicate a 66% improvement in the accuracy of the antenna pointing angles     

光电探测系统指向误差分析、建模与修正

针对光电探测系统(EODS)的高精度指向要求,提出一种基于半参数同归模型(SPRM)的改进算法.全面分析了误差来源,如光学系统的光轴一致性误差、机械框架的垂直度和回转误差、控制系统的稳定跟踪误差等,采用多体系统运动学理论,建立了具有明确物理意义的指向误差线性模型.同时,针对系统中的非线性误差因素,提出了半参数回归模型改...     

机载卫星通信天线引导概率分析

针对某机载Ka频段卫星通信天线的使用环境,论述其天线角跟踪系统在捷联航姿设备引导下,天线主波束指向卫星目标位置的概率,分析影响天线角跟踪系统引导概率的主要因素,通过消减系统中大误差源保证了天线引导概率,通过扩展主波束指向空域提高了目标落入概率。计算数据和试验验证表明,给出的分析方法可行,设计策略有效。     

Aided Tracking as Applied to High Accuracy Pointing Systems

Two basic concepts of rate aided tracking and position aided tracking are applied to a conventional pointing system in order to improve performance. The aided track signals are derived in an inertial space format and are generated from a Kalman filter algorithm. Computational results are included to show the interplay between the conventional pointing system and the aided track filter.     

Radar Tracking of Low-Altitude Targets

The antenna elevation control signal and the associated staticequilibrium equations are analyzed for the case of tracking of lowaltitude targets for both monopulse and conical-scanning radar. Three possible equilibrium positions of the radar antenna under static operating conditions are ascertained. The static solutions suggest certain dynamic solutions that are likely to arise under practical conditions. The extreme values of the pointing error are shown in graphical form.     

Improvement of Satellite Tracking Accuracy Using Optical Observations

A method to improve satellite tracking accuracy is presented and discussed theoretically and experimentally in terms of two parts: correction for errors of the tracking system and correction of satellite orbit predictions. In the first part, it is concluded that the pointing error of the tracking system can be determined accurately using data from stellar observations, so that correction is possible with an accuracy of about 0.001°. In the second part, it is shown that apparent errors of satellite orbital elements can be deduced from the optical observation of one orbit, and one can track the satellite after the correction with high accuracy for several subsequent orbits. The accuracy is 0.1-0.2 mrad or better for satellites at 1000 km altitude when given orbit prediction accuracy is approximately 1°.     

进行非线性系统部件故障诊断的一种方法

为了辨识诊断非线性系统的部件故障,提出了Volterra核拟合线辨识模型。将各阶的Volterra核按照一定算法拟合为各阶曲线,基于多个阶跃响应对拟合线进行辨识并进行各阶分离,然后根据故障对各阶拟合线的影响特征进行故障辨识。将它仿真应用于一种液压放大器的故障诊断,结果较准确,计算量较少。适用于对非线性系统的部件偏差及故障的诊断。     

Discrete time multiple spacecraft formation flying attitude optimal control in presence of relative state constraints

This paper addresses the challenge of synchronized multiple spacecraft attitude reorientation in presence of pointing and boundary constraints with limited inter-spacecraft communication link. Relative attitude pointing constraint among the fleet of spacecraft has also been modeled and considered during the attitude maneuvers toward the desired states. Formation fling control structure that consists of decentralized path planners based on virtual structure approach joint with discrete time optimal local controller is designed to achieve the mission’s goals. Due to digital computing of spacecraft’s onboard computer, local optimal controller based on discrete time prediction and correction algorithm has been utilized. The time step of local optimal algorithm execution is designed so that the spacecraft track their desired attitudes with appropriate error bound. The convergence of the proposed architecture and stability of local controller’s tracking error within appropriate upper bound are proved. Finally, a numerical simulation of a stereo imaging scenario is presented to verify the performance of the proposed architecture and the effectiveness of the algorithm.