基于增程雷达一维像特征的高轨卫星识别方法

高轨卫星距离地球数万公里,雷达为了实现有效跟踪,通常使用增程技术。远距离使位置测量误差大到千米量级,增程导致数据率低到每帧以分钟计,雷达散射截面积(RCS)细节信息丢失,这给利用目标轨道和RCS进行目标分辨、识别带来困难。幸运的是高轨卫星目标相对观测视线位置和姿态稳定,天然消除了宽带一维像使用中方位敏感性的问题。本文通过一维像的尺寸、波形熵等特征,通过最小二乘支撑向量机,设计了高轨卫星目标的模板匹配算法,利用实测数据进行了识别验证,结果表明了方法的有效性。     

A symbiotic approach to SETI observations: use of maps from the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

High spatial resolution continuum radio maps produced by the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) of The Netherlands at frequencies near the 21 cm HI line have been examined for anomalous sources of emmission coincident with the locations of nearby bright stars. From a total of 542 stellar positions investigated, no candidates for radio stars or ETI signals were discovered to formal limits on the minimum detectable signal ranging from 7.7 x 10(-22) W/m2 to 6.4 x 10(-24) W/m2. This preliminary study has verified that data collected by radio astronomers at large synthesis arrays can profitably be analysed for SETI signals (in a non-interfering manner) provided only that the data are available in the form of a more or less standard two dimensional map format.     

Chaotic exchange of solid material between planetary systems: implications for lithopanspermia

Abstract We examined a low-energy mechanism for the transfer of meteoroids between two planetary systems embedded in a star cluster using quasi-parabolic orbits of minimal energy. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we found that the exchange of meteoroids could have been significantly more efficient than previously estimated. Our study is relevant to astrobiology, as it addresses whether life on Earth could have been transferred to other planetary systems in the Solar System's birth cluster and whether life on Earth could have been transferred from beyond the Solar System. In the Solar System, the timescale over which solid material was delivered to the region from where it could be transferred via this mechanism likely extended to several hundred million years (as indicated by the 3.8-4.0?Ga epoch of the Late Heavy Bombardment). This timescale could have overlapped with the lifetime of the Solar birth cluster (～100-500?Myr). Therefore, we conclude that lithopanspermia is an open possibility if life had an early start. Adopting parameters from the minimum mass solar nebula, considering a range of planetesimal size distributions derived from observations of asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects and theoretical coagulation models, and taking into account Oort Cloud formation models, we discerned that the expected number of bodies with mass>10?kg that could have been transferred between the Sun and its nearest cluster neighbor could be of the order of 10(14) to 3·10(16), with transfer timescales of tens of millions of years. We estimate that of the order of 3·10(8)·l (km) could potentially be life-bearing, where l is the depth of Earth's crust in kilometers that was ejected as the result of the early bombardment. Key Words: Extrasolar planets-Interplanetary dust-Interstellar meteorites-Lithopanspermia. Astrobiology 12, 754-774.     

EPT-200高频声发生器在航天器噪声 环境试验中的应用

文章针对提高目前使用的高声强混响室-2163m3混响室声场的高频性能,对两个EPT-200高频声发生器系统进行分析评估。首先采用开环噪声试验,验证其性能指标是否满足要求;然后采用闭环噪声试验,以考察2163m3混响室声场的高频性能。分析结果表明:EPT-200声发生器性能指标满足要求,并且提高了2163m3混响室的高频性能。     

强信号背景下弱信号角度时延的联合Capon估计方法

针对强信号背景下弱信号角度时延联合估计过程中的弱信号数目难以精确估计问题,在分析Capon谱估计法估计信号DOA原理的基础上,将Capon谱估计法进行扩展,提出了一种在强信号背景下弱信号角度时延联合估计方法。为弥补Capon法分辨力较差的劣势,将扩展的Capon法与有高分辨性能的m-Capon算法结合,提出了一种改进的m-Capon方法,能区分来波方向接近的不同目标信号。研究和仿真结果表明:该方法无需对弱信号的信源数进行估计,也无需分解特征值,且在快拍数较少时仍具适用性。     

Multipoint observations of sharp boundaries of solar wind density structures

The results of comparison of the characteristics of sharp boundaries of small-scale and medium-scale solar wind structures in the case of their simultaneous observation on widely spaced spacecraft are described. It is shown that even very sharp boundaries, with duration of several seconds or fractions of a second, retain their amplitude and remain very sharp during solar wind propagation to distances of up to a million kilometers.     

USO-KBR测距系统建模与仿真

K频段微波测距(KBR)系统是低-低卫星跟踪卫星(SST-LL)重力测量卫星的关键载荷之一,其性能直接影响地球重力场空间变化率的测定结果,而KBR系统中超稳振荡器(USO)的稳定度对KBR系统整体测距精度有着重要影响。文章根据双向测量载波相位对比原理和USO幂率谱模型,对KBR系统进行了建模。首先,描述了测距系统的基本原理、系统功能组成及适用于KBR系统的数学模型;然后,利用Matlab软件对"重力恢复和气候实验"(GRACE)卫星的KBR系统进行了仿真。仿真结果表明,采用该模型和方法后获得的双向测距中误差(RMSE)为9.81μm,与公布的GRACE卫星KBR系统10μm的中误差相符。文章为KBR系统的工程设计提供了仿真分析工具,可为工程应用提供设计参考。     

小卫星高分辨率成像系统

对小卫星对地观测高分辨率成像系统进行了综述。介绍了国内外有极高分辨率（0．5～1．0m）、高分辨率（1．8～2．5m）和中高分辨率（4-10m）小卫星光学成像系统的性能,并与合成孔径雷达（SAR）成像系统进行了比较。给出了小卫星光学成像系统、SAR高分辨率成像系统和卫星平台的关键技术。讨论了未来小卫星及其高分辨率成像系统技术的发展趋势。     

适用于CEI的GEO卫星相时延解算方法及试验

为解决在实际航天任务中利用连线干涉测量(CEI)技术进行高精度GEO卫星定轨以及共位GEO卫星相对定位时面临的载波相位整周模糊度难题，提出了一种基于卫星下行信号的多弧段融合相位模糊度解算方法，它通过相邻多弧段载波相位值和窄带信号群时延值的融合处理可精确获得无模糊载波相时延观测量。对提出的方法进行了性能仿真和实际外场试验验证，结果表明：在20 km基线上，利用北斗GEO卫星的伪码测距信号和天链卫星的测控信号均成功实现了S频段解载波整周相位模糊，相时延测量精度优于0.1ns，对应GEO卫星定轨精度优于54 m。该方法在国内首次实现了在几十km基线量级上利用几百kHz窄带测控信号获得无模糊载波相时延，具有较好的工程应用前景。     

The SERENDIP SETI project: new instrumentation for SETI and results of recent observations

Over the past 30 years research into the existence of extraterrestrial life has focused on attempts to detect stable narrowband radio signals emitted in the microwave portion of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum. The SERENDIP SETI group is currently conducting search operations on the world’s largest radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.The third generation SERENDIP system, SERENDIP III, is a 4 million channel FFT-based spectrum analyzer with 0.6 Hz frequency resolution. In this paper, we will discuss the results of our recent 3.5 year sky survey. SERENDIP looked at 95% of the sky visible from Arecibo in the 424–436 MHz range, analyzed 10¹⁴ spectral bins, and logged information on over 2.5×10⁸ signals.The fourth generation SERENDIP system expands on the SERENDIP III design. SERENDIP IV computes 2×10¹¹ operations each second, providing spectral analysis on 160 million channels in 1.7 s. We will discuss the design and use of the SERENDIP IV system and future observing plans.     

基于航迹关联的抗角闪烁跟踪算法研究

角闪烁背景下，高分辨雷达在近距离跟踪阶段存在不能精确跟踪的问题。针对此问题，分析了基于距离高分辨的单脉冲测角方法，并在此基础上，结合距离向强散射点的幅度特征，提出了一种基于航迹关联的抗角闪烁跟踪算法。算法首先对和通道、方位差通道、俯仰差通道的回波信号分别进行脉压和相参积累；然后在和通道的高分辨一维距离向上实现目标强散射点的检测，依据幅度进行排序并输出各点的距离信息和角度信息；最后利用联合集成概率数据互联算法作为目标跟踪滤波算法进行跟踪。本文通过对ku波段实测数据中入射余角为60°~69°的近距离跟踪部分进行分析，将所提算法与卡尔曼滤波跟踪算法进行了对比，仿真结果表明，本文算法使多目标跟踪的精度得到了提高，具有更好的角闪烁抑制性能。     

“资源三号”卫星遥感技术

"资源三号"(ZY-3)卫星是中国自行研制的民用高分辨率光学传输型立体测绘卫星,于2012年1月9日在太原卫星发射中心使用CZ-4B运载火箭发射升空。卫星可提供3.5m分辨率立体影像,2.1m全色/5.8m多光谱平面影像,可用于1∶50 000立体测图及更大比例尺基础地理信息产品的生产和更新。文章重点介绍了ZY-3卫星定位精度高和内方位元素稳定性强等任务特点以及内方位元素高稳定性的立体测绘相机、高速率双圆极化复用数据传输技术、角秒级定姿精度等技术创新点,简要介绍了在轨评价及应用情况,为后续测绘卫星提供参考。     

近地轨道航天器编队仅测距相对导航方法

针对地球中高轨道卫星导航信号不可用或不可信赖情况下的航天器编队自主相对导航问题,提出一种基于星载数据链仅测距的航天器相对导航新方法。首先,在地球非球形J2引力摄动条件下建立适用于椭圆轨道的线性化相对运动动力学模型,并建立基于星载数据链的飞行时间测距模型。然后,通过理论推导与数值仿真结合的方式对建立的仅测距相对导航系统进行可观测性分析,得出至少存在三种镜像模糊轨道的结论。接着,建立可用于提升系统可观测性的几何拓扑一致性约束模型,设计基于一致性无味卡尔曼滤波的分布式估计策略,并研究对应的相对导航误差传播规律。最后,通过标准蒙特卡洛打靶对所提算法进行仿真校验。仿真结果表明,相比于Tschauner Hempel(TH)动力学模型,利用建立的J2摄动相对运动动力学模型设计的仅测距相对导航系统能达到更高的相对导航精度,一致性无味卡尔曼滤波算法也能够有效提高编队导航的可观测性。     

Application of the stroboscopic method to equinoctial elements

In this paper the stroboscopic method is applied to the equinoctial elements which avoid the singularities of circular and/or equatorial orbits. The Lagrange equations for the variation of parameters are formulated using respectively one of the three longitudes as fast angular variable. It is shown how the first-order theory of the stroboscopic method can be developed. The perturbation by the gravity potential of the central body and the third-body perturbation are considered in detail. The paper concludes with a few analytical results.     

220GHz频率步进雷达测距的实验研究

频率步进雷达是一种典型的高分辨雷达,它可以通过瞬时窄带合成宽带实现距离向的高分辨的同时降低A／D和其他设备的负担。文章介绍了220GHz频率步进雷达的工作原理和测距的方法,并对不同距离处的角反射器进行探测。实验结果表明,太赫兹雷达对角反射器距离向的探测距离精度可以达到厘米量级;同时,还对太赫兹雷达的探测距离进行了验证,最远探测距离可达35m。     

Exploration of Venus with the Venera-15 IR Fourier spectrometer and the Venus Express planetary Fourier spectrometer

The infrared spectrometry of Venus in the range 6–45 μm allows one to sound the middle atmosphere of Venus in the altitude range 55–100 km and its cloud layer. This experiment was carried out onboard the Soviet automatic interplanetary Venera-15 station, where the Fourier spectrometer for this spectral range was installed. The measurements have shown that the main component of the cloud layer at all measured latitudes in the northern hemisphere is concentrated sulfuric acid (75–85%). The vertical profiles of temperature and aerosol were reconstructed in a self-consistent manner: the three-dimensional fields of temperature and zonal wind in the altitude range 55–100 km and aerosol at altitudes 55–70 km have been obtained, as well as vertical SO₂ profiles and H₂O concentration in the upper cloud layer. The solar-related waves at isobaric levels in the fields of temperature, zonal wind, and aerosol were investigated. This experiment has shown the efficiency of the method for investigation of the Venusian atmosphere. The Planetary Fourier Spectrometer has the spectral interval 0.9–45 μm and a spectral resolution of 1.8 cm^?1. It will allow one to sound the middle atmosphere (55–100 km) of Venus and its cloud layer on the dayside, as well as the lower atmosphere and the planetary surface on the night side.     

Impacts and evolution: future prospects

The discipline of astrobiology includes the dynamics of biological evolution. One of the major ways that the cosmos influences life is through the catastrophic environmental disruptions caused when comets and asteroids collide with a planet. We now recognize that such impacts have caused mass extinctions and played a major role in determining the evolution of life on Earth. The time-averaged impact flux as a function of projectile energy can be derived from lunar cratering statistics as well as the current population of near Earth asteroids (NEAs). Effects of impacts of various energies can be modeled, using data from historic impacts [such as the Cretaceous-Tertiary (KT) impactor 65 million years ago] and the observed 1994 bombardment of Jupiter by fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. It is of particular interest to find from such models that the terrestrial environment is highly vulnerable to perturbation from impacts, so that even such a small event as the KT impact (by a projectile 10-15 km in diameter) can lead to a mass extinction. Similar considerations allow us to model the effects of still smaller (and much more likely) impacts, down to the size of the asteroid that exploded over Tunguska in 1908 (energy approximately 10 megatons). Combining the impact flux with estimates of environmental and ecological effects reveals that the greatest contemporary hazard is associated with impactors near 1 million megatons in energy (approximately 2 km in diameter for an asteroid). The current impact hazard is significant relative to other natural hazards, and arguments can be developed to illuminate a variety of public policy issues. The first priority in any plan for defense against impactors is to survey the population of Earth-crossing NEAs and project their orbits forward in time. This is the purpose of the Spaceguard Survey, which has already found more than half of the NEAs >1 km in diameter. If there is an NEA on a collision course with Earth, it can be discovered and the impact predicted with decades or more of warning. It is then possible to consider how to deflect or disrupt the NEA. Unlike other natural hazards, the impact risk can be largely eliminated, given sufficient advanced knowledge to take action against the threatening projectile.     

任意周期信号非相干测距技术研究

飞行器测控系统上、下行链路信号关联性越小,则信号体制的可选择性越大,有利于在飞行器测控系统中引进先进信号传输处理技术并提高上下行信号设计的灵活性。分析了传统相干与非相干测距技术的不足;在比相测距法原理基础上,推导出利用任意周期信号实现飞行器非相干测距的方法;对影响测距指标的距离模糊问题、测距精度问题进行了研究分析;对所研究的方法进行了数值仿真。结果表明采用此方法不仅可使测控系统上下行信号设计达到独立设计的目标,而且在保证同等精度要求的条件下,上下行链路信号体制可通过不同形式进行组合使用,在现有传输体制基础上可进一步降低测控信号设计的复杂度,适用于空天、临近空间及航空等不同环境下的飞行器测控与信息传输应用。     

Multifrequency electron spin resonance detection of solid-state organic free radicals in HCN polymer and a Titan tholin

Macromolecules derived from hydrogen cyanide (HCN) may be major components of the dark matter observed in bodies in the outer Solar System, which include comets and asteroids. HCN oligomers and polymers are readily formed at room temperature and react with water to produce polypeptides and alpha-amino acids or undergo pyrolysis to produce nitrogen heterocycles. Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy shows that HCN polymer mixtures contain a significant amount of long-lived organic free radicals that are primarily carbon-based. For comparison, we have also examined samples of tholins produced from experimental analogs of Titan aerosols, which has been shown by trace organic analysis to consist partly of HCN polymer. The "Titan tholin" exhibits at least two ESR signals that can be assigned to nitrogen- and carbon-centered radicals, although heating the sample eliminates the nitrogen centers and increases the signal from the carbon centers. This result suggests that the nitrogen-centered radicals may be thermodynamically less stable, but are kinetically trapped during the spark-discharge reactions that produce tholins from mixtures of gases such as methane and nitrogen. The results strongly support previous proposals of free radical mechanisms for HCN polymerization.     

卫星整星状态下的紧缩场测试技术

文章介绍了CCR 120/100紧缩场的基本原理和主要特点,该紧缩场的主、副反射面表面精度达到RMS 10～15μm,具有100 GHz以上的高频潜在测试能力.概要讲述了利用紧缩场进行卫星整星状态下的天线及卫星系统测试的原理及方法.文章还对该紧缩场的测试误差进行了全面的分析.