高轨目标监视系统星座设计和探测效能分析

针对高轨目标编目与成像的应用需求，提出一种运行于亚同步轨道、兼具对同步带目标远距离探测编目和近距离成像侦察的高轨天基星座。根据同步带目标探测编目要求，推导和分析了星座的轨道部署和光学相机扫描方式对目标探测效能的影响，确定了顺行轨道的双星星座可行解更多，综合探测效能更高。设计了一种符合顺光观测约束的姿态导引律，结合可行解中选取一组解进行仿真，结果表明：在夏至和秋分两种工况下，采用顺行轨道的双星星座，可对轨道倾角不大于相机半视场的所有同步带目标进行无缝遍历，且每天的探测次数不小于4次，观测弧长不小于1分钟，与理论推导一致。     

Specific features of motion of geosynchronous satellites in the neighborhood of unstable stationary points

A study of peculiarities of the motion of equatorial circular geosynchronous satellites is performed in the neighborhoods of unstable stationary points with longitudes of 165° and 345°. The maps of initial conditions are constructed on the phase plane “longitude of subsatellite point-semi-major axis of orbit” corresponding to various types of regular motions and to quasi-random solutions. The dimensions of zones of the quasi-random solutions are within the limits from decimal fractions of a degree to a few degrees (in longitude) and from hundreds of meters up to several kilometers (along the semi-major axis).     

升交点赤经与轨道倾角对地球同步卫星地影的影响

为精确预报地球同步卫星地影，根据其发生原理用仿真分析法研究了升交点赤经和轨道倾角两个因素对地影的影响，给出了地影延续时间和最长日期变化等天数曲线。在实际的同步卫星长期管理中运用这些规律，取得了良好的效果。     

Nonlinear Evolution of a Balloon Satellite Orbit

The motion of a spherically symmetric balloon satellite near the equatorial plane is considered. Taking the Earth's oblateness and solar light pressure into account, the integral of motion can be obtained under certain simplifications. The eccentricity is related to the solar angle which represents an angle between pericenter and the Sun. This analytical approximation describes a large and complicated evolution of the eccentricity in corresponding areas of the phase space and the space of parameters. Phase portraits contain fixed saddle points and separatrices that divide different types of oscillations of the eccentricity. In the unsimplified problem, separatrices break down, and specific stochastic motions arise. The aims of the present study are (1) evaluation of the accuracy of analytical approximation with the help of numerical integration using a sufficiently complete model of motion and (2) numerical investigation of stochastic motions and dimensions of stochastic zones in the region of broken separatrices for an adequate model of motion. For a balloon satellite with a semimajor axis of 2.15 Earth's radii and a windage of 30 cm²/g the dimensions of a stochastic zone in eccentricity and solar angle are 10^–5and 0.1°, respectively. The analytical approximation describes the orbit evolution in the right way, except for the cases of large eccentricities, e> 0.4, which corresponds to a pericenter height of less than 1400 km, where the atmospheric drag is already significant.     

Modelling of the optical observations of a geosynchronous fragmentation event

A study of the evolution and optical detectability of a fragmentation debris cloud in geosynchronous orbit has been carried out. The 1998 NASA breakup model has been used to generate orbit data for 95 fragments larger than 10 cm size from a 1000 kg satellite. The orbital evolution of these fragments is studied using a precision numerical propagator, employing a high-fidelity force model. Although the fragments rapidly disperse throughout the geostationary arc, they remain localised in right ascension of ascending node and inclination, and are driven along a narrow inertial corridor by luni-solar perturbations. The ESA PROOF software is used to study the detectability of the fragments using a 1- and 0.5-m telescope design. The 1-m telescope can detect 82% of the fragments (down to 13 cm in size) whilst the 0.5-m telescope can detect 39% of the fragments (down to 30 cm size). Due to the large along-track spread of the fragments, a time limit of 1-month post-breakup can be established for a space surveillance system to catalogue the breakup fragments. After this time the angular separation is such that the fragments disperse into the background population, and are no longer distinguishable as originating from a common breakup event.     

中低轨道卫星控制方法

针对中低轨道卫星，对平面内卫星半长轴α、偏心率e和近地点幅角w联合调整，以及平面外轨道倾角调整等进行了理论推导.用α，e，w联合修正法对初始轨道捕获、轨道保持和轨道倾角调整进行的仿真实验结果表明，用α，e，w同时修正可实现高精度的平面内轨道调整。另外，平面外倾角调整应尽可能在近地点和远地点完成，以使对升交点赤经的影响最小。     

Protecting the GEO environment: policies and practices

The geosynchronous orbital regime has long been recognized as a unique space resource, dictating special measures to ensure its continuing use for future generations. During the past 20 yr a variety of national and international policies have been developed to preserve this environment. A review of current practices involving the deployment and disposal of geosynchronous spacecraft, associated upper stages and apogee kick motors, and geosynchronous orbit transfer objects indicates both positive and negative trends. Most spacecraft operators are indeed performing end-of-mission maneuvers, but the boost altitudes normally fall short of policy guidelines. Russia, a major operator in geosynchronous orbit, maneuvers only 1 in 3 spacecraft out of the region, while China has never retired a spacecraft above GEO. The viability of voluntary protection measures for this regime depends upon the responsible actions of the aerospace community as a whole.     

Variation of the Satellite Orbit Altitude by the Light Pressure Force

The possibility of the uncontrolled increase of the altitude of an almost circular satellite orbit by the force of the light pressure is investigated. The satellite is equipped with a damper and a system of mirrors (solar batteries can serve as such a system). The flight of the satellite takes place in the mode of a single-axis gravitational orientation, the axis of its minimum principal central moment of inertia makes a small angle with the local vertical and the motion of the satellite around this axis constitutes forced oscillations under the impact of the moment of force of the light pressure. The form of the oscillations and the initial orbit are chosen so that the transverse component of the force of the light pressure acting upon the satellite be positive and the semimajor axis of the orbit would continuously increase. As this takes place, the orbit remains almost circular. We investigate the evolution of the orbit over an extended time interval by the method which employs separate integration of the equations of the orbital and rotational motions of the satellite. The method includes outer and inner cycles. The outer cycle involves the numerical integration of the averaged equations of motion of the satellite center of mass. The inner cycle serves to calculate the right-hand sides of these equations. It amounts to constructing an asymptotically stable periodic motion of the satellite in the mode of a single-axis gravitational orientation for current values of the orbit elements and to averaging the equations of the orbital motion along it. It is demonstrated that the monotone increase of the semimajor axis takes place during the first 15 years of motion. In actuality, the semimajor axis oscillates with a period of about 60 years. The eccentricity and inclination of the orbit remain close to their initial values.     

Parametric study of the diversion of a near Earth object on an Earth intersecting trajectory

To date, NASA's “Near Earth Object Program” has discovered over 5500 comets and asteroids on trajectories that bring them within “the neighborhood” of Earth's orbit. Nearly 1000 of these objects are classified as “potentially hazardous,” passing within 0.05 astronomical units of Earth's orbit. Discovery rates of such threatening bodies increase each year. Given this multitude of threats, in addition to evidence that the planet has absorbed many impacts over its history, it is reasonable to assume that another object will strike the Earth at some point in the future. Consequently, researchers have studied and proposed several mitigation techniques for such an occurrence. This study seeks to determine how effectively the attachment of a tether and ballast mass would divert the trajectory of such threatening objects. Specifically, the study analyzes the effects over time of such a system on objects of varying orbital semimajor axis and eccentricity, using various tether lengths and ballast masses. It was determined that the technique is most effective for NEOs with high eccentricity and small semimajor axis, and that system performance increases as tether length and ballast mass increase.     

Optimum low thrust transfer to geosynchronous orbit

The low thrust transfer for geosynchronous mission has been studied by many investigators from the viewpoint of optimization in case of continuous thrust. This paper discusses the possibility of fuel saving to attain a geosynchronous orbit by introducing coast phases during each revolution. In advance of optimizing the whole transfer mission, optimization during a single revolution is treated, and it is shown that the entrance and the exit of optimal coasting arcs are expressed by a sixth order equation, which, in case of coplanar transfer, degenerates into a cubic equation, with respect to the cosine of true longitude. Then an optimum transfer to a geosynchronous orbit, including coast phases in each revolution, is simulated. Computational results for typical initial conditions are shown to be compared with those for all-propulsion cases.     

定时定点月面着陆全程轨道控制设计

针对定时定点月面着陆的目标要求，提出了全程轨道控制设计方法。进行了包括地月转移、近月制动、环月降轨和动力下降的全程轨道控制的分段设计和联合规划，实现在入轨轨道偏差条件下的定时定点月面着陆。分别构建了中途修正、近月制动、环月降轨三段轨道控制的规划变量和目标参数；根据轨道倾角建立了动力下降点与着陆点的匹配转换关系。设计了中途修正、近月制动、环月降轨、动力下降的全程轨道控制策略的联合规划。建立了着陆位置偏差与轨道倾角偏差、着陆时间偏差与轨道半长轴偏差的修正关系，修正设计了中途修正目标倾角和近月制动目标半长轴。仿真算例表明，在入轨偏差轨道条件下，保证了中途修正后的飞行轨道与标称轨道基本一致，实现了与标称状态基本一致的定时定点月面着陆。可应用于月球着陆、月球采样返回以及载人登月等实施月面定时定点着陆任务的轨道设计和控制实施。     

共面圆轨道最省燃料小推力多次变轨研究

本文研究两个共面圆轨道之间最节省燃料的多次变轨过程。通过分析，得到滑行段起点和终点之间的解析关系式，解决了变轨次数增加带来的计算问题。给出了从近地圆轨道到同面同步轨道的最优多次变轨的计算结果，并进行了分析和讨论     

A preliminary study of pulse-laser powered orbital launcher

An air-breathing pulse-laser powered orbital launcher has been proposed as an alternative to conventional chemical launch systems. The aim of the present study is to assess its feasibility through the estimation of its achievable payload mass per unit beam power and launch cost. A transfer trajectory from the ground to a geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) is proposed, and the launch trajectory to its geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) is computed using the realistic performance modeled in the pulsejet, ramjet, and rocket flight modes of the launcher. Results show that the launcher can transfer 0.084 kg of payload per 1 MW beam power to a geosynchronous earth orbit. The cost becomes a quarter of existing systems if one can divide a single launch into 24,000 multiple launches.     

Detection and Prediction of Absorbed Radiation Doses from Solar Proton Fluxes onboard Orbital Stations

We consider cases of simultaneous detection of the absorbed doses produced by proton fluxes of powerful solar events onboard the Mir and ISS orbital stations and the Ekspress A3 geosynchronous satellite. Experimental data are analyzed using a software package that takes into account the energy spectra of protons at the Earth's orbit depending on the time of event evolution, as well as their penetration to near-earth orbits and through the protective shields of spacecraft. Based on a comparison of the experimental data of dosimeters with the calculation of absorbed doses under the action of solar proton events, we developed a method of estimating the effective thickness of the shielding of dosimeters and made some estimates. A possibility is considered for predicting the radiation hazard onboard orbital stations upon the appearance of solar proton events using dosimeter data from a geosynchronous orbit.     

Biaxial Mode of Rotation of a Satellite in the Orbit Plane

A mode of motion of a satellite with respect to its center of mass is studied, which is called the biaxial rotation in the orbit plane. In this mode of rotation, an elongated and nearly dynamically symmetric satellite rotates around the longitudinal axis, which, in turn, rotates around the normal to the plane of an orbit; the angular velocity of rotation around the longitudinal axis is several times larger than the orbital angular velocity, deviations of this axis from the orbit plane are small. Such a rotation is convenient in the case when it is required to secure a sufficiently uniform illumination of the satellite's surface by the Sun at a comparatively small angular velocity of the satellite. The investigation consists of the numerical integration of equations of the satellite's motion, which take into account gravitational and restoring aerodynamic moments, as well as the evolution of the orbit. At high orbits, the mode of the biaxial rotation is conserved for an appreciable length of time, and at low orbits it is destroyed due to the impact of the aerodynamic moment. The orbit altitudes and the method of constructing the initial conditions of motion that guarantee a sufficiently prolonged period of existence of this mode are specified.     

基于紫外敏感器的航天器自主导航

对基于紫外敏感器的卫星自主导航方法进行了研究 ,给出了自主轨道确定的滤波算法。对基于紫外敏感器的导航在地球中低轨道、大椭圆轨道和同步轨道上的应用进行了数学仿真验证。仿真结果表明 ,导航误差主要取决于地心方向的测量误差 ,而地心距测量误差的影响要小得多。在已知卫星惯性姿态的条件下 ,仅以地心方向为观测量 ,滤波器同样能够收敛 ,并能获得较高的定轨精度。     

基于迭代修正方法的严格回归轨道设计

通过分析太阳同步回归轨道的轨道根数和星下点经度/纬度的关系,推导了一组轨道根数的修正公式。基于高精度轨道动力学模型和升交点位置确定方法,构造了关于轨道半长轴和轨道倾角的迭代修正方法。针对偏心率矢量的动力学系统所具有的极限环特性,构造了平均法求其解析近似,从而实现冻结轨道特性对偏心率和近地点幅角的迭代修正。结合迭代修正,得到一组严格回归的轨道根数。该轨道能够重访空间目标点,具有较高的回归精度。     

倾角偏置太阳同步轨道的地面轨迹保持方法

为在倾角偏置条件下保持太阳同步轨道卫星的地面轨迹,在考虑地球扁率摄动、大气阻力摄动和太阳引力谐振等主要影响因素,以及卫星地面轨迹允许漂移范围的基础上,采用主动超调与被动控制结合的策略,提出了一种初始半长轴偏置后的卫星地面轨迹保持方法。分析了半长轴和倾角摄动变化率,以及初始半长轴和倾角偏置量对地面轨迹漂移的影响。仿真结果表明,该法可基本满足设计阶段的精度要求。