基于BP神经网络的GEO等离子体环境参数反演分析

空间等离子体环境诱发的表面充电效应会对航天器运行产生干扰，严重时将导致太阳电池等部件失效。通过神经网络反演方法，以GEO环境中介质表面充电电位曲线作为输入，在双峰麦克斯韦分布假设下，可以逆向得到高能峰的等离子体参数。分析了GEO等离子体环境参数对表面充电电位曲线的影响，表明高能峰在充电过程中起决定性作用；其次通过MATLAB搭建BP神经网络，采用COMSOL计算得到多组充电曲线进行网络训练和反演计算，得到等离子体密度反演的平均相对误差为0.42%，温度反演的平均相对误差为0.03%，整体误差在0.1%～5.6%。结果表明，采用神经网络对等离子体环境进行反演具有可行性，该方法可以作为空间等离子体环境探测结果的对比参考和航天器非探测点表面电位计算的输入条件。     

朗缪尔探针在轨快速除污染技术研究

讨论了一种朗缪尔球形探针在轨快速去除表面污染的技术方法. 朗缪尔探针是空间等离子体原位探测的一项重要手段, 广泛应用于各种航天器. 探针传感器表面被污染时, 会造成探针I-V特性曲线失真, 从而导致探测获得的等离子体参数产生偏差. 通过试验验证了采用探针传感器加载高压的技术, 其可快速有效清除传感器表面污染, 确保朗缪尔探针在轨探测获得实时、准确的空间等离子体信息.      

低轨道航天器高电压太阳电池阵电流泄漏效应分析计算

在一种简化的太阳电池阵结构模型基础上, 利用太阳电池阵电流收集经验模式,基于电流平衡, 建立了一种计算低轨道航天器高电压太阳电池阵在等离子体环境中电流泄漏的方法. 利用该方法, 对高电压太阳电池阵电流泄漏效应与低轨道等离子体环境、电池阵电压、电池阵裸露金属面积的关系进行了分析计算.结果表明, 随着轨道高度增加, 电流泄漏引起的电池阵功率损失迅速下降, 影响最严重的区域为电离层等离子体密度最高的300～400 km高度的轨道区域; 电流泄漏引起的功率损失与太阳电池阵电压呈指数关系, 电压越高功率损失越大; 200 V以下的电池阵功率损耗较小, 远低于电源系统总功率的1%;电流泄漏与太阳电池阵裸露金属导体的表面积呈正比关系, 因此, 通过减少太阳电池阵裸露面积, 可以降低电流泄漏的影响.      

离子发动机羽流空间电位诊断

离子发动机羽流空间电位分布不合理可能会造成一系列问题,以至于影响航天器的正常工作。试验使用发射探针对20 cm氙离子发动机束流区等离子体空间电位进行诊断,测点选取轴向距离发动机出口平面250～900 mm,径向0～450 mm,探针钨丝直径0.1 mm,加热电流1.5～2.5 A。发射探针诊断建立在电子热发射基础上,因其I-V曲线拐点较朗缪尔探针更为明显,所以测量得到的空间电位分布更为准确。国外已经广泛使用发射探针测量等离子体空间电位,发射探针的试验数据处理方法仍存在较大分歧。从发射探针工作时的物理过程着手,分析热电子发射多少对空间电位诊断结果的影响,采用不同的探针I-V曲线处理方法并对各种方法利弊进行讨论,分析偏离真实空间电位的原因,比较得到较为合理的结果,对发射探针的结构改造和加热电流的选取提供依据,为发动机性能的改善和羽流仿真模型提供参考。     

等离子体鞘层效应对磁层探测电场仪设计的影响

在空间环境探测中,卫星与等离子体的相互作用会改变背景环境的粒子和电位的分布,从而影响探测器对空间电场的测量.为了给磁层卫星电场探测仪器的研制和设计提供参考,本文以中国未来的磁层电离层探测为背景,针对不同轨道高度的等离子体环境,利用SPIS（Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Software）模拟了卫星平台和探针与等离子体的相互作用,从而得到了不同环境下卫星周围等离子体鞘层的厚度,以及探针电位与电流的对应关系.模拟结果表明:由于光电子和二次电子的影响,卫星鞘层的厚度小于等离子体的德拜半径,且温度越高其偏差越大;模拟得到的探针表面电流与电位的关系表明,施加偏置电流的探针可明显提高对电流扰动的抗干扰能力.此外,估计了不同轨道高度上探针处于最佳工作点时应施加偏置电流的大小.      

电离层综合探测器数据采集处理单元设计研究

电离层综合探测器(CDI)是一种面向快速响应航天器平台、用于原位综合探测电离层等离子体及未完全电离中性气体的新概念空间环境探测仪器, 实现了对常规平板朗缪尔探针、阻滞势分析器和离子阱质量分析器的小型化、一体化设计与集成. 本文基于USB2.0接口和FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array)技术, 选用高集成度的COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf)器件, 对CDI多通道数据采集处理单元的系统方案和硬件设计进行研究, 并对FPGA的逻辑资源利用情况和Fusion器件内部ADC采样以及FIFO (First Input First Output)读写时序进行了仿真和分析.      

空间站支持多任务动态时隙分配研究

为高效、灵活利用有限的空间信道资源, 提高空间站运营模式的动态性, 采用具有QoS (Quality-of-Service)保证的空间站支持多任务动态时隙分配十分重要. 根据空间站多任务特点, 提出一种基于IP的空间站通信网络架构. 根据探测任务的不同QoS等级, 重点研究了多任务动态时隙分配方法, 提出了一种基于预留的具有QoS保证的按需时隙分配方法. 基于NS2和STK进行仿真, 并得出如下结论: 空间站经中继卫星到地面的数据传输时延在0.23～0.35s; 空间站到地面的端到端传输时延受激活的有效载荷或航天器数目影响, 激活的有效载荷或航天器数越少, 端到端的时延越小.      

基于SIMION软件的空间等离子体探测器的数值仿真

空间等离子体探测器采用带偏转板的柱形静电分析器作为传感器,具有大于320°探测视场,可探测约10eV～30keV的热等离子体。利用SIMION软件采用均匀随机抽样建立粒子源的方法仿真探测器的基本特性参数:静电分析器因子、能量分辨率、偏转板因子和偏转角。仿真结果与实测结果吻合很好。静电分析器因子的仿真与实测结果偏差为3.2%,能量分辨率仿真与实测结果偏差为1.5%,偏转角-偏转板因子的关系式与实测结果的相关系数为0.999 4。仿真结果可以有效地应用于该类仪器的设计和定标过程中。     

低轨道航天器的表面充电模拟

为研究航天器表面材料在空间环境中的充电现象, 利用SPIS (Spacecraft Plasma Interaction System)模拟了航天器在低轨道等离子体环境中的表面充电情况, 通过对模拟结果进行分析并与实际观测进行比较, 可以看出模拟结果基本能够反映出不同性质材料之间的充电差别, 特别是导电材料与非导电材料之间的充电差别. 模拟得到的充电电位及充电时间与充电的一般理论计算结果符合较好, 且能够清晰反映出航天器运动中产生的冲击流及尾流的结构特征. 根据SPIS低轨道航天器表面充电模拟的特点, 认为SPIS的模拟结果是合理的.      

基于CLYC闪烁体的中子能谱测量及反演方法

空间中子是影响航天器和航天员安全的重要辐射要素之一。优化中子探测器,提高测量效率,提升反演精度是中子测量的难点。中国空间站将搭载一种基于新型中子探测材料Cs2LiYCl6:Ce（CLYC）闪烁体的中子探测器,该探测器具有同时测量热中子和快中子,以及探测效率高等特点。针对该新型探测器的中子能谱反演,分析了不同能量中子在该探测器中的响应特点,分析了中子反演常用的概率迭代法和非负最小二乘（NNLS）法的优缺点,考虑到这2种方法在CLYC探测器反演应用中的不足,提出了基于增广矩阵的非负最小二乘（AM-NNLS）法。数值实验结果表明:AM-NNLS法具有反演运算效率高和反演相对误差小的特点,验证了所提方法的有效性。      

Energetic ion emission for active spacecraft control

Future space missions aiming at the accurate measurement of cold plasmas and DC to very low frequency electric fields will require that the potential of their conductive surfaces be actively controlled to be near the ambient plasma potential. In the near-Earth space these spacecraft are usually solar-cell powered; consequently, parts of their surface are most of the time exposed to solar photons. Outside the plasmasphere, a positive surface potential due the dominance of surface-emitted photoelectrons over ambient plasma electrons is to be expected. Photo- and ambient electrons largely determine the potential and positive values between a few Volts up to 100 V have been observed. Active ion emission is the obvious solution of this problem. A liquid metal ion emitter and a saddle field ion emitter are nearing the stage of flight unit fabrication. We will attempt to clamp the spacecraft potential to values close to the plasma potential. We present first results from vacuum chamber tests and describe the emission behaviour and characteristics of emitters producing, respectively, In⁺ and N₂⁺ beams with an energy of ≥ 5 keV.     

Laboratory experiments on spacecraft charging and its neutralization

Simulation experiments on spacecraft charging in space plasma and its neutralization are performed in relation to the electron beam experiment (SEPAC) on Space Shuttle Spacelab 1. A spacecraft simulator or a spherical probe is immersed in a magnetized plasma and a positive high voltage with respect to the plasma is externally applied to it. The current-voltage characteristics follow quite well with the theoretical model of Parker and Murphy [1] in the low voltage, low pressure region. When the voltage rises to more than the ionization potential of the surrounding neutral gas, it departs from the model and the effect of plasma production by the electron current becomes very important. The same kind of ionization effect as this has also been observed in our rocket experiments with an electron beam. The enhancement of the ionization effect by an additional neutral gas injection causes a considerable suppression of the potential rise of a spacecraft emitting an electron beam. This is demonstrated with the SEPAC accelerators in a large space chamber experiment.     

Electric antenna as a dust detector

Electric antenna responds to three effects caused by a dust impact-induced plasma cloud: -change separation electric fields, -charging of the antenna, -pulse of the spacecraft potential. Each effect, being a function of the induced charge (particle mass), depends on the ambient plasma conditions, including photo- and secondary emissions. The first two effects are also strongly dependent on the impact geometry. In the paper an attempt is made to consider systematically the dependence on the charge and ambient conditions for two main types of antenna (probe, wire/cylinder) and for both configurations (monopole, dipole). A conclusion is drawn that for a plasma wave/radio experiment to be utilized as a dust detector, the most advantageous option is a monopole, whose probe (wire/cylinder) is not exposed to dust-induced plasma.     

Spin motion determination of the Envisat satellite through laser ranging measurements from a single pass measured by a single station

The Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) technology is used to accurately determine the position of space objects equipped with so-called retro-reflectors or retro-reflector arrays (RRA). This type of measurement allows to measure the range to the spacecraft with high precision, which leads to determination of very accurate orbits for these targets. Non-active spacecraft, which are not attitude controlled any longer, tend to start to spin or tumble under influence of the external and internal torques and forces.If the return signal is measured for a non-spherical non-active rotating object, the signal in the range residuals with respect to the reference orbit is more complex. For rotating objects the return signal shows an oscillating pattern or patterns caused by the RRA moving around the satellite’s centre of mass. This behaviour is projected onto the radial component measured by the SLR.In our work, we demonstrate how the SLR ranging technique from one sensor to a satellite equipped with a RRA can be used to precisely determine its spin motion during one passage. Multiple SLR measurements of one target over time allow to accurately monitor spin motion changes which can be further used for attitude predictions. We show our solutions of the spin motion determined for the non-active ESA satellite Envisat obtained from measurements acquired during years 2013–2015 by the Zimmerwald SLR station, Switzerland. All the necessary parameters are defined for our own so-called point-like model which describes the motion of a point in space around the satellite centre of mass.     

Particle-in-cell simulation of the plasma environment of a spacecraft in the solar wind

The main interactions between the plasma and the spacecraft are the wake effects, the emission of a dense photoelectron cloud and the electric charging of the surface of the spacecraft. An electrostatic particle-in-cell computer simulation model is presented, that allows the simultaneous calculation of these related effects. For different plasma properties, two-dimensional simulations yielded the steady state self-consistent potential distributions around the probe. These potentials, especially the potential barriers produced by the photoelectron cloud, have great influence on the measurements of the low energy solar wind electrons. The essential features can be verified by a comparison with selected electron distributions measured onboard the HELIOS spacecraft.     

空间站概述

自1961年世界上第一名航天员上天以来,载人航天技术有了飞速的发展。载人航天器已由初期的小型载人飞船,发展到大型空间站和航天飞机。空间站的诞生,特别是永久性空间站的建立,将会引起人类社会的众多方面发生重大而深刻的变化。本文首先就过去十多年中美国、苏联和欧洲发射的空间站作一简略概括,然后对空间站的构型,用途和未来发展等进行论述。     

一种空间燃料电池电源系统设计与实现

面向空间应用，依据某航天器任务期间的功耗需求，采用燃料电池和蓄电池的架构，对1kW燃料电池电源系统的设计与实现进行研究。构建了1kW燃料电池电源系统仿真模型，对系统设计原理进行了仿真验证，并研制了1kW燃料电池电源系统样机，对系统典型的负载阶跃工况进行了试验测试。试验测试结果表明，1kW燃料电池电源系统在半载阶跃变化时，母线电压波动小于5V，调节时间小于25μs；整个运行过程系统工作正常稳定，能够满足航天器空间应用需求。