重力卫星高精度测距系统观测量的降速率滤波算法

在卫星时频传递、矢量测量技术领域，有效观测数据的高精度滤波处理十分重要，其基本要求是在保留有效观测信息的同时能够降低噪声干扰，实现原始信息的高效、高精度传递。以中国地球重力场测量卫星高精度测距系统的工程研制为背景，为实现高频噪声抑制、保留低频重力场信息，基于对FIR滤波器结构的优化和窗函数的改进，提出了一种对10 Hz采样率的原始测距数据降速率、降噪滤波的算法。相比其他类似算法，所提方法同时具备降速滤波和差分运算两种功能，噪声抑制抑制度优于44%，且频率截止特性陡峭，第一旁瓣抑制度达到–94 dB。该算法在提高测距精度、充分保留重力场信息的同时，实现了地面数据后处理流程的简化，为微波测量系统、激光测量系统的数据处理提供了一种优选方案。     

深空卫星重力测量计划研究综述

地球卫星重力测量计划CHAMP(CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload)、GRACE(Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment)、GOCE(Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer)和月球卫星重力测量计划(Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory,GRAIL)的成功实施,以及下一代地球重力卫星(GRACE Follow-On)的即将发射昭示着我们将迎来一个前所未有的高精度和高空间分辨的深空卫星重力探测时代。围绕深空卫星重力测量的研究背景、必要性、可行性、卫星重力反演软件平台构建、轨道摄动和未来研究方向开展了研究论证。研究表明:深空卫星重力测量作为新世纪重力探测技术,在精化量体重力场、提高惯性导航精度、天体动力学、天体物理学和军事技术的研究,以及促进国民经济发展和提高社会效益等方面具有广泛的应用前景。     

基于星间距离测量的高精度自主导航

研究利用地球卫星和月球卫星之间的测距信息进行自主导航的方法.基于三体摄动轨道动力学方程和星间测距信息,可以同时确定参与导航的地球卫星和月球卫星的绝对位置;但是在初始位置误差较大的情况下,导航系统的定位性能会受到影响.为了解决这一问题,提出基于"星间测距+紫外导航敏感器"的组合导航方法.采用该导航方法,能够在初始位置误差和紫外导航敏感器测量误差较大的情况下实现高精度自主导航.基于Cramer-Rao下界(CRLB)分析了组合导航系统的性能,并通过数学仿真验证了该导航方法的有效性.     

星间相位干涉仪测角系统设计及精度分析

针对微小卫星编队飞行、星间组网等多星协同任务中的相对测角问题,提出了一种高精度的星间无线电测角系统。该系统的优势是在伪码测距系统的基础上增加两条相同的接收通道,对载波相位值采用相位干涉法得到高精度的星间相对角度值,可以在不增加额外软硬件开销的情况下完成实时性较好的高精度星间相对状态自主测量。从该系统的设计出发,对相位干涉仪测角系统进行了详细的精度分析,推导了链路中各个噪声源的传递函数和理论噪声水平,并搭建实物平台对角度测量精度的理论值和实测值进行比较。结果表明系统对本振相位噪声有抑制作用,热噪声是角度测量的最大噪声源,系统实际测角精度在强信号下可达1.4×10^-3度。     

北斗GEO卫星CEI相时延解算方法研究

连线端站干涉测量(connected element interferometry，CEI)是高精度测角技术，在中高轨卫星、月球及深空航天器定轨定位中有良好的应用前景。基于CEI技术特点，提出了一种新的测量方法，即在相干测距模式下利用测距音和载波信号作为信号源进行连线端站干涉测量。构建了CEI试验系统对北斗GEO卫星进行观测，利用相干测距模式下的下行信号解算群时延、相时延。利用北斗GEO卫星精密星历计算的时延理论值，对北斗GEO卫星CEI群时延和相时延结果进行评估。结果表明，相干测距模式下CEI群时延和相时延残差均值分别为0.47ns、0.08ns，标准差(3σ)分别4.2ns、0.13ns。该项研究验证了相干测距模式下CEI相时延解算的可行性，可为共位地球同步卫星精密相对定位、月球探测器CEI测量提供技术参考。     

基于广义相对论的轨道摄动下星间激光相位比对

针对纳米到皮米量级星间激光测距,在地心非旋转坐标系(GCRS)下,考虑卫星轨道摄动引起的广义相对论效应,建立了星间单向以及双向星间激光相位比对模型.通过仿真研究了地球主引力场范围内轨道摄动引起的广义相对论效应对星间激光相位比对误差的影响,并通过星间激光相位比对误差计算星间激光测距误差.不同轨道高度的卫星仿真结果表明,对...     

运动目标空间位置激光跟踪测量系统新进展

运动目标空间位置激光跟踪测量系统采用激光动态瞄准和激光干涉测距原理以及精密仪器控制技术，对空间运动目标进行跟踪并实时测量其位置和姿态。该系统是国际计量测试领域研究的前沿课题。根据测量原理，将其分为干涉法和三角法。在干涉法中，根据跟踪测量机构的数量分为一站法和多站法；三角法根据使用的跟踪原理分为光学扫描法和经纬仪法。给出了各种测量方法的准确度，并对其优缺点进行了较为详细的评述。     

应用双向时间传递的重力卫星时标误差自主测量

星间时标误差的自主测量对于中国自主研发地球重力卫星具有重要意义. 提出利用双向时间传递法实现重力卫星时标误差的自主测量, 设计了测量方案, 建立了包含卫星运动导致的链路非对称、电离层效应、设备零值以及随机测时误差在内的测量模型. 结合地球重力卫星相关特性, 分析了时标误差测量中各误差源的影响及相应的误差校正方法. 以GRACE重力卫星为例, 利用提出的方法和校正措施, 星间时标误差自主测量精度可以达到0.62ns, 其中误差主要来自系统零值标定误差和随机测时误差.      

地基伪卫星系统多址测距误差的校正算法

相对于卫星导航,地基伪卫星与接收机距离较近,测距中不涉及电离层传播等误差,易实现高精度测距和定位。但由于地基伪卫星位置固定,在信号连续发射模式下伪卫星信号间的多址干扰(MAI)会引起相对恒定的测距误差,针对地基伪卫星系统这一特点,提出一种基于反馈串行干扰抵消(SIC)的测距算法。首先对全部伪卫星信号进行捕获跟踪和功率估计,然后通过串行干扰抵消算法降低强功率伪卫星信号对期望测距信号的干扰,通过反馈模式进一步提高干扰抵消算法的性能。仿真结果表明,该方法可有效改善地基伪卫星系统强远近效应区域内的测距性能,不考虑其他误差下在强远近效应区域内基于码环可将伪卫星测距性能从10 m以上降低到约0.3 m。     

LEO/MEO双层卫星网络中层间ISL空间参数研究

低地球轨道 /中地球轨道 (LEO/MEO)双层卫星网络是未来卫星移动通信系统重要组成部分 ,而层间卫星星际链路 (ISL)是影响整体双层卫星网络系统性能的重要因素。文章重点分析层间ISL的空间参数几何特性 (包括星间链路长度 ,星间链路指向方位角和仰角 ) ,为星载天线跟踪系统设计和LEO/MEO双层卫星网络最优化路由搜索算法提供依据     

Characteristics and accuracies of the GRACE inter-satellite pointing

For almost 10 years, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has provided information about the Earth gravity field with unprecedented accuracy. Efforts are ongoing to approach the GRACE baseline accuracy as there still remains an order of magnitude between the present error level of the gravity field solutions and the GRACE baseline. At the current level of accuracy, thorough investigation of sensor related effects is necessary as they are one of the potential contributors to the error budget. In the science mode operations, the twin satellites are kept precisely pointed with their KBR antennas towards each other. It is the task of the onboard attitude and orbit control system (AOCS) to keep the satellites in the required formation. We analyzed long time series of the inter-satellite pointing variations as they reflect the AOCS performance and characteristics. We present significant systematic effects in the inter-satellite pointing and discuss their possible sources. Prominent features are especially related to the magnetic torquer characteristics, star cameras’ performance and KBR antenna calibration parameters. The relation between the magnetic torquer attitude control and the Earth magnetic field, impact of the different performance of the two star camera heads on the attitude control and the features due to uncertainties in the calibration parameters relating the star camera frame to K-frame are discussed in detail. Proper understanding of these effects will help to reduce their impact on the science data and subsequently increase the accuracy of the gravity field solutions. Moreover, understanding the complexity of the onboard system is essential not only for increasing the accuracy of the GRACE data but also for the development of the future gravity field satellite missions.     

Improved kHz-SLR tracking techniques and orbit quality analysis for LEO missions

Satellite gravity field missions such as CHAMP, GRACE and GOCE are designed as low Earth orbiting spacecraft (LEO) with orbit heights of about 250–500 km. The challenging mission objectives require a very precise knowledge of the satellite orbit position in space. For these missions precise orbit information is typically provided by GPS satellite-to-satellite tracking (SST) observations supported by satellite laser ranging (SLR).     

Finding the suitable drag-free acceleration noise level for future low-low satellite-to-satellite tracking geodesy missions

This paper evaluates the impact of residual acceleration noise on the estimation of the Earth’s time-varying gravity field for future low-low satellite-to-satellite tracking missions. The goal is to determine the maximum level of residual acceleration noise that does not adversely affect the estimation error. The Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) has provided monthly average gravity field solutions in spherical harmonic coefficients for more than a decade. It provides information about land and ocean mass variations with a spatial resolution of ～350?km and with an accuracy within 2?cm throughout the entire Earth. GRACE Follow-on was launched in May 2018 to advance the work of GRACE and to test a new laser ranging interferometer, which measures the range between the two satellites with higher precision than the K-Band ranging system used in GRACE. Moreover, there have been simulation studies that show, an additional pair of satellites in an inclined orbit increases the sampling frequency and reduces temporal aliasing errors. Given the fact that future missions will likely continue to use the low-low satellite-to-satellite tracking formation with laser ranging interferometry, it is expected that the residual acceleration noise will become one of the largest error contributor for the time-variable gravity field solution. We evaluate three different levels of residual acceleration noise based on demonstrated drag-free systems to find a suitable drag-free performance target for upcoming geodesy missions. We analyze both a single collinear polar pair and the optimal double collinear pair of drag-free satellites and assume the use of a laser ranging interferometer. A partitioned best linear unbiased estimator that was developed, incorporating several novel features from the ground up is used to compute the solutions in terms of spherical harmonics. It was found that the suitable residual acceleration noise level is around 2?×?10^?12?ms^?2?Hz^?1/2. Decreasing the acceleration noise below this level did not result in more accurate gravity field solutions for the chosen mission architecture.     

Three-dimensional tracking of a lunar satellite with differential Very-Long-Baseline-Interferometry

Lunar gravimetry mission in the Japanese lunar exploration project SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer) is characterized by inter-satellite tracking by means of a relay satellite in a high eccentric orbit, combined with differential Very-Long-Baseline-Interferometry (ΔVLBI) and conventional 2-way Doppler tracking. ΔVLBI provides information on the satellite position and velocity complementary to conventional range and range rate measurement, and allows us to measure lunar gravitational accelerations in all the three components. In this article, ΔVLBI and 2-way Doppler numerical simulation results are compared to those obtained from 2-way Doppler observations only, so that we can evaluate the contribution of ΔVLBI to the SELENE lunar gravimetry mission.     

基于星间链路的导航卫星时间自主恢复策略

基于北斗导航卫星星间链路的测距与数传功能，针对自主导航时卫星时频子系统异常导致载荷系统断电重启的情况，提出了一种基于星载计算机自主计时及星间链路误差校正的策略.在载荷系统重启时间内，利用星载计算机守时，并通过十秒稳定度预报晶振频率漂移量的方法，维持星钟在重启时间内的稳定.载荷系统重启后，星载计算机授时给导航任务处理机，通过误差分析计算出总误差.该误差在星间链路建链误差允许范围内，然后通过星间链路对星钟误差进行校正恢复，重新实现星地时间同步.      

采用无线电单独测量的编队卫星相对轨道自主确定

在实际工程应用中,编队卫星由于任务的要求使得部分测量设备(例如,激光设备)不可用,这就造成系统的观测性下降。文章将条件数应用于编队卫星系统的可观测度的定量计算;并针对编队卫星进行轨道机动时仅采用无线电进行测量的工况,采用强跟踪离散卡尔曼滤波(UKF)算法进行仿真计算。仿真结果表明该方法具有很强的跟踪能力,并且鲁棒性、稳定性和精度与常规UKF算法相当。