遥感相机通信适配器的设计与实现

卫星平台搭载与卫星星务计算机系统通信接口类型不一致的遥感相机时,星务计算机系统与遥感相机间无法进行通信,导致遥感相机不能正常工作。针对星务计算机系统与遥感相机计算机控制系统通信接口类型的不一致,设计并实现了遥感相机通信适配器。通过遥感相机通信适配器,完成遥感相机计算机控制系统和星务计算机系统间通信接口的转换,实现了二者之间的通信。在工程应用上,首次利用遥感相机通信适配器解决了星务计算机系统与遥感相机计算机控制系统通信接口类型不一致的问题,提供了解决二者之间通信接口类型不一致的新途径,为今后卫星平台搭载与卫星星务计算机系统通信接口类型不一致的遥感相机做了成功的实践。     

空间红外遥感相机制冷机微振动对MTF影响分析

空间红外遥感相机内部活动部件微振动载荷会引起相机光学元件产生刚体位移和面形变化,从而影响相机的在轨光学成像品质。文章基于某空间红外遥感相机内部扰振源的测试结果,建立了适用于微振动分析的相机精细有限元模型,经分析计算,确定了基于Zernike多项式曲面拟合和调制传递函数(MTF)分析的方法和流程;最后结合某空间红外遥感相机进行MTF影响分析,结果显示制冷机微振动对该相机MTF影响在工程可接受的范围内。     

国外几种星载光学遥感器的发展情况简介

文章介绍了国外空间对地观测的侦察相机、测绘相机以及其它星载光学遥感器的发展情况和近期态势。其中提到了它们在载体上对地观测的分辨率、光谱带宽、地面覆盖等性能指标,还介绍了相机或光学遥感器本身的性能参数。文章还对测绘相机专门提到了分类情况以及光学小卫星的发展态势,重点指出了不同光学遥感器所在卫星平台的姿态稳定性、指向和指向改变精度。     

中波红外面阵遥感相机相对辐射定标方法研究

为了促进中波红外面阵遥感相机遥感数据的应用,提出了一种在轨相对辐射定标方法。该方法根据两点定标原理,以中波红外面阵遥感图像数据为基础,利用在轨其他卫星数据获得相机入瞳处辐亮度,计算出非均匀性系数,从而实现在轨相对辐射定标。它为同类红外面阵遥感相机在轨相对辐射定标提供了一种新的思路,同时也可作为星上黑体标的一种校验手段。     

关于星载光学遥感相机信噪比指标的讨论

星载光学遥感相机信噪比是仪器的一个非常重要的性能指标,信噪比的大小对测绘高程定位精度有很大影响。文章通过计算机仿真实验定量研究了光学遥感相机信噪比与测绘卫星高程定位精度之间的关系,包括三维地物模型建立与模拟成像、特征点提取与匹配、高程值计算等。实验结果表明在计算机仿真得到的理想图像中,当图像调制传递函数值为0.15时,信噪比应大于35dB才能满足测绘高程定位精度的要求。考虑到遥感相机在轨运行时大气和真实场景的影响,光学遥感相机信噪比应大于40dB。     

返回式遥感卫星有效载荷

文章介绍了返回式遥感卫星有效载荷的分类和特点、返回式相机系统组成、返回式国土普查相机、星相机和测绘相机;重点介绍国土普查相机的设计要求、工作原理,组成及功能等设计考虑。     

自适应UKF在空间相机热平衡试验中的应用研究

光学遥感相机热平衡试验是研制遥感相机的必要手段,是准确获取相机热态特性的试验方法。根据试验条件的不同,试验往往需要数小时至数十小时不等的时间,才能使遥感相机达到稳态平衡温度。为缩短热平衡试验时间,提出了一种基于自适应无味卡尔曼滤波(AUKF)的热平衡试验温度快速预测方法,只需利用较短时间的温度采样数据,就能快速预测温度变化规律,获得稳态温度,大幅度提高了热平衡试验的效率。以某遥感相机热平衡试验中升温过程和降温过程的温度变化数据为例,预测了测温点从初始温度状态到达稳态温度状态这一过程的温度变化曲线,验证了基于自适应无味卡尔曼滤波的热平衡试验温度快速预测方法的有效性和可行性。     

一种高速低噪声信号处理电路的方案研究

文章针对中国遥感高分辨率传输型相机的发展趋势，提出了一种高速低噪声的遥感CCD相机信号处理电路的设计方案。从信号完整性理论出发，利用Cadence软件进行了仿真与验证，取得了良好的效果。     

CBERS-02B卫星HR相机遥感影像区域网平差技术

针对CBERS-02B卫星HR相机遥感影像的几何定位精度不高,不能满足有些用户的要求,提出了基于有理多项式（Rational Polynomial Coefficient,RPC）模型的区域网平差技术,并利用多幅CBERS-02B卫星HR相机遥感影像进行了区域网平差试验,结果表明该方法能有效地提高遥感影像的几何定位精度...     

国外长焦距高分辨率遥感相机桁架结构研究

桁架结构具有构型简单、拆装和运输方便等优点,被大量用于航空航天、桥梁、建筑、车辆以及船泊等领域.文章介绍和分析了国际上长焦距、高分辨率空间及地面遥感相机桁架结构设计技术;探索和总结了相机桁架结构的布局特点、设计方法和装调技术等关键问题,为我国高分辨率遥感相机的研制提供参考.     

Solving Optimization Problems for the Flight Trajectories of a Spacecraft with a High-Thrust Jet Engine in Pulse Formulation for an Arbitrary Gravitational Field in a Vacuum

A mathematically well-posed technique is suggested to obtain first-order necessary conditions of local optimality for the problems of optimization to be solved in a pulse formulation for flight trajectories of a spacecraft with a high-thrust jet engine (HTJE) in an arbitrary gravitational field in vacuum. The technique is based on the Lagrange principle of derestriction for conditional extremum problems in a function space. It allows one to formalize an algorithm of change from the problems of optimization to a boundary-value problem for a system of ordinary differential equations in the case of any optimization problem for which the pulse formulation makes sense. In this work, such a change is made for the case of optimizing the flight trajectories of a spacecraft with a HTJE when terminal and intermediate conditions (like equalities, inequalities, and the terminal functional of minimization) are taken in a general form. As an example of the application of the suggested technique, we consider in this work, within the framework of a bounded circular three-point problem in pulse formulation, the problem of constructing the flight trajectories of a spacecraft with a HTJE through one or several libration points (including the case of going through all libration points) of the Earth–Moon system. The spacecraft is launched from a circular orbit of an Earth's artificial satellite and, upon passing through a point (or points) of libration, returns to the initial orbit. The expenditure of mass (characteristic velocity) is minimized at a restricted time of transfer.     

多模切换控制方法及其在分导飞行器姿态机动控制中的应用研究

研究一类离散切换系统的鲁棒保性能状态反馈控制器设计问题。利用切换Lyapunov函数和线性矩阵不等式方法,得到了鲁棒保性能控制器存在的一个充分条件,给出了控制器的参数化表示,并将次优保性能控制器的设计问题转化为基于线性矩阵不等式约束下的凸优化问题。最后将所提理论应用于某飞行器的控制方案设计中,说明了本文所提设计方法的有效性。     

What makes a planet habitable, and how to search for habitable planets in other solar systems

The availability of liquid water is the most important factor that makes a planet habitable, because water is a very effective polar molecule and hence an excellent solvent and facilitator for the complex chemistry of life. Its presence presupposes a planet with a significant mass that guarantees the presence of a substantial atmosphere, and a reasonable spinning rate to avoid overheating. It also implies that the planet is at moderate distances from its central star, a range that is called the Ecosphere or the Habitable Zone. Since the evolution of life to high intelligence seems to take billions of years, it requires also that the central star must be neither too massive, that will produce a lot of lethal UV radiation and will have too short a life-span to allow life to evolve, nor of very small mass which will be producing too feeble a radiation to sustain life. The detection of free Oxygen in the atmosphere of a planet is a very strong evidence for the presence of life, because Oxygen is highly reactive and would rapidly disappear by combining with other elements, unless it is continuously replenished by life as the by-product of the process of photosynthesis that builds food for life (sugars) from CO2 and H2O.     

A liquid propulsion panorama

Liquid-propellant rocket engines are widely used all over the world, thanks to their high performances, in particular high thrust-to-weight ratio. The present paper presents a general panorama of liquid propulsion as a contribution of the IAF Advanced Propulsion Prospective Group.After a brief history of its past development in the different parts of the world, the current status of liquid propulsion, the currently observed trends, the possible areas of future improvement and a summarized road map of future developments are presented. The road map includes a summary of the liquid propulsion status presented in the “Year in review 2007” of Aerospace America.Although liquid propulsion is often seen as a mature technology with few areas of potential improvement, the requirements of an active commercial market and a renewed interest for space exploration has led to the development of a family of new engines, with more design margins, simpler to use and to produce associated with a wide variety of thrust and life requirements.     

Optimal interplanetary rendezvous combining electric sail and high thrust propulsion system

The aim of this paper is to study, from a mission analysis point of view, the performance of a hybrid propulsion concept for a two-dimensional transfer towards a planet of the Solar System. The propulsion system is obtained by combining a chemical thruster, used for the phases of Earth escape and/or target planet capture, with an electric sail, which provides a continuous thrust during the heliocentric transfer. Two possible mission scenarios are investigated: in the first case the sailcraft reaches the target planet with zero hyperbolic excess velocity, thus performing a classical rendezvous mission in a heliocentric framework. In the second mission scenario, a given final hyperbolic excess velocity relative to the planet is tolerated in order to decrease the mission flight time. The amount of final hyperbolic excess velocity is used as a simulation parameter for a tradeoff study in which the minimum flight time is related to the total velocity variation required by the chemical thruster to accomplish the mission, that is, for Earth escape and planetary capture.     

The Aurora project: A new sail layout

Aurora spacecraft is a scientific probe propelled by a “fast” solar sail whose first goal is to perform a technology assessment mission. The main characteristic of the sail is its low mass, which implies the absence of a plastic backing of the aluminum film and the lightness of the whole structure. In previous structural studies the limiting factor has been shown to be the elastic stability of a number of structural members subject to compressive loads. An alternative structural layout is here suggested: an inflatable beam, which is kept pressurized also after the deployment, relieves all compressive stresses, allowing a very simple configuration and a straightforward deployment procedure. However, as the mission profile requires a trajectory passing close to the Sun, a configuration different from the ‘parachute’ sail proposed in another paper, must be used.     

Framing holes within a loop hierarchy

We investigate the relation between nontrivial spatial concepts such as holes and string loops from a qualitative spatial reasoning perspective. In particular, we concentrate on a family of puzzles dealing with this kind of objects and explain how a loop formed in a string shows a similar behavior to a hole in an object, at least regarding the qualitative constraints it imposes on the solution of the puzzle. Unlike regular holes, however, we describe how string loops can be dynamically created and destroyed depending on the actions on the string. Furthermore, under a Knowledge Representation point of view, we provide a formalization that allows the different puzzle states to be described in terms of string crossings and loops, together with the actions that can be executed for a state transition and the complex effects they cause on the state representation. This implies the consideration of a formal representation of the side effects of actions that create or destroy string loops and the soundness of this representation with respect to the more general representation of string states in knot theory.     

A simplified approach to uncertainty quantification for orbits in impulsive deflection scenarios

For the majority of near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) impact scenarios, optimal deflection strategies use a massive impactor or a nuclear explosive, either of which produce an impulsive change to the orbit of the object. However, uncertainties regarding the object composition and the efficiency of the deflection event lead to a non-negligible uncertainty in the deflection delta-velocity. Propagating this uncertainty through the resulting orbit will create a positional uncertainty envelope at the original impact epoch. We calculate a simplified analytic evolution for impulsively deflected NEAs and perform a full propagation of uncertainties that is nonlinear in the deflection delta-velocity vector. This provides an understanding of both the optimal deflection velocities needed for a given scenario, as well as the resulting positional uncertainty and corresponding residual impact probability. Confidence of a successful deflection attempt as a function of launch opportunities is also discussed for a specific case.     

Technology considerations relevant to an exobiology surface-science approach for Europa

If Europa is to be of primary exobiological interest, namely, as a habitat for extant life, it is obvious that (a) a hydrosphere must prevail beneath the cryosphere for a long time, (b) internal energy sources must be present in a sufficient state of activity, and (c) a reasonable technical means must be available for assessing if indeed life does exist in the hypothesized hydrosphere. This discussion focuses on the last point, namely, technological issues, because the trend of the compounding evidence about Europa indicates that the first two points are likely to be true. First, we present a consideration of time-of-flight mass spectroscopy conducted in situ on the cryosphere surface of Europa during a first landed robotic mission. We assert that this is a reasonable technical means not only for exploring the composition of the cryosphere itself, but also for locating any biomolecular indicators of extant life brought to the surface through cryosphere activity. Secondly, this work also addresses practical issues inherent in any kind of instrumental interrogation of a surface whose properties are governed by radiation chemistry. This includes advocating the construction of a Europan surface simulator to familiarize instrumental system developers with the spacecraft- and instrument-scale conditions under which such an interrogation would take place on Europa. Such a simulator is mandatory in certification of the functional utility of a flight instrument.     

用于结构与机构去污染的真空烘烤设备

为了防止空间结构与机构产品中的非金属材料对航天器造成污染,要在产品装配前去除其中的可挥发性物质,需对产品进行真空烘烤清洁处理,因此研制了一套结构与机构防污染的真空烘烤设备。该套设备主要包括真空容器、热沉、真空抽气系统、氮系统、去污染系统、电气控制系统等。文章对该设备的系统组成、主要性能指标及使用功能进行了详细的说明。