欧空局今后十年空间探测战略

欧空局目前正在研究今后十年的空间探测任务，这些任务分为两大类，一类是具有研究性的地探测任务，另一类是可供使用的地球观察任务。这些研究要求的卫星质量不同小的不足１０００ｋｇ，大的可达３０００ｋｇ；功率不同，小的不到５００Ｗ，大的超过１５００Ｗ；轨道高度与不同，从５００ｋｍ到８００ｋｍ。降除雨量观测伤由于飞行 器结构和系统的限制是在低倾角轨道上执行外，其他大部分任务将大太阳同步轨道上执行。     

张衡一号电磁监测试验卫星

正张衡一号电磁监测试验卫星(CSES)于2018年2月2日从酒泉卫星发射中心发射升空,进入预定圆极地轨道。卫星轨道高度约500km,轨道倾角97°,降交点地方时为14:00,重访周期为5天。张衡一号电磁监测试验卫星是中国全新研制的国家民用航天科研试验卫星,也是中国地球物理场探测卫星计划的首发星,卫星总质量约730kg,设计寿命5年,采用CAST2000卫星平台,     

基于受摄轨道模型的小卫星轨道摄动分析研究

小卫星在实际运行中受到多种摄动力的作用,这会对其轨道造成不同程度的影响,因此在小卫星的轨道设计与控制中,摄动是必须考虑的重要因素。本文以500km高的小卫星太阳同步轨道为研究对象,运用轨道摄动的基本理论,估计了地球非球形引力、大气阻力、太阳光压及第三体引力的量级并进行比较;建立小卫星轨道摄动分析模型,并在此模型的基础上,利用计算机仿真技术,对小卫星轨道摄动问题展开仿真研究,验证了几种主要摄动力的量级估计的结果,分析比较了几种主要摄动力对小卫星运行轨道的影响程度及规律,本文结果对小卫星轨道设计与控制具有很好的参考价值。     

霍尔电推进技术的发展与应用

霍尔电推进具有推力密度大、推力功率比大、比冲高及系统可靠等优点,在20世纪60~70年代突破关键技术、完成空间试验后,在俄、美、欧等航天器上获得大量应用,执行位置保持、轨道转移、轨道调整和深空探测主推进等任务。目前,100 W级到5 k W级功率的霍尔推力器已经实现在轨应用,100 k W功率的霍尔推力器已在研制中。针对未来载人深空探测、GEO卫星、低轨和超低轨卫星及轨道机动飞行器等任务需求,霍尔电推进朝着更大功率包络,更强多模式调节能力,更高性能,更长寿命及推进剂多样化等方向发展。在分析霍尔电推进技术特点和适用任务后,对国内外霍尔电推进技术的发展现状、任务应用等进行了综述,最后对霍尔电推进的发展趋势进行了展望。     

动态新闻

ESA研究"半人马阿尔法"星系的Cheops任务据ESA网站2012年10月19日消息,ESA当日宣布一项新任务计划——希望在2017年发射一颗卫星以探测距地球最近的"半人马阿尔法"星系。这项任务被命名为Cheops(CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satel-lite),是ESA科学项目小型任务系列中的首项任务。Cheops卫星寿命周期为3.5年,将运行于800km的低地球太阳同步轨道上,其观测时间将有一半向科学界开放。Cheops任务将监视距离我们最近的恒星亮     

嫦娥一号月球探测卫星技术特点分析

嫦娥一号卫星是我国的第一个月球探测卫星,将飞行至距地球380000km的月球,实现环绕月球对其遥感探测。由于任务目标不同,嫦娥一号卫星将遇到比近地轨道卫星更复杂的空间环境和飞行控制过程,所以必须解决面临的所有新技术问题。文章介绍了嫦娥一号卫星在轨道设计、月食、热设计、制导导航、测控、数传等方面的技术特点及研制验证方法。     

伽利略探测器执行的任务

1992年12月8日,伽利略探测器通过地球轨道近地点时只比原定点偏离1.5公里,时间只差0.1秒。由于减少了所需的轨道修正次数,伽利略探测器完成探测任务时所剩的推进剂从估计储量4～5公斤增至18～19公斤。这就为任务计划者提供了更多的选择,可以增加科学探测数据。 伽利略探测器最近执行的科学探测和工程任务有: 1.在飞掠地球的磁尾和穿过地球磁层相对于太阳风的头激波时对地球磁场、等离子体、尘埃、高能粒子和重离子等进行测量。     

利用P—225型选线极化微波辐射计测量地球的无线电热辐射

在《国际宇宙—20、—21》卫星上所完成的实验目的在于从宇宙远距离探测地球。装在星上的科学仪器,除光学与红外波段装置外,还有P—225型选线极化微波辐射计。它用来测量在2.25cm波长中地球的无线电热辐射。P—225型装置在国际宇宙—20腥上可工作6个月,在国际宇宙—21星上超过一年。卫星轨道接近于圆形,平均飞行高度500km,轨道倾角74°。 以前,微波频段上的极化测量在以下波长进行:0.8cm(流星、雨云—7);3.2cm(宇宙—1151);0.8、1.43、1.67、2.8、4.55cm(海洋卫星、雨云—7)。这些测量表明,与多通道测量相比,     

星载电场探测仪的传感器空间布局研究

电场探测仪是卫星进行高精度电场探测的关键载荷,其传感器的空间布局对探测精度影响很大。文章对传感器空间布局的影响因素和分析方法进行了研究,并以轨道高度500km的太阳同步轨道卫星为例,结合卫星的实际任务运行,对虚假光电场控制、电场探测仪传感器的几何布局构型、传感器与卫星的相互遮挡和干涉关系进行了分析,并最终优化确定了传感器的空间布局。研究结果表明,优化的传感器空间布局可以在设计阶段就针对多种误差,有效地提高其探测精度。     

月球卫星轨道摄动及冻结轨道研究

利用理论分析、数值仿真与相图分析,论述了月球卫星冻结轨道与地球卫星冻结轨道的区别,分析结果表明,月球重力场存在较大异常,会引起月球卫星轨道发生较大漂移。月球冻结轨道在田谐项影响下,还存在中等周期的漂移。仅简单考虑带谐项系数,无法求得完美的月球冻结系数。月球重力场异常对绕月卫星的影响与地球相比存在很大区别。月球轨道卫星的长期运行与控制策略的设计,不能按照地球轨道卫星的传统方法。目前使用的月球引力模型精度较差,尽管基于这些不可靠的引力模型,可以得出很多有用结论,但对未来高精度的月球探测任务来说,还存在不足,需要在将来的月球探测任务中,探测高精度的月球重力场,以利于未来月球探测航天系统的任务分析与设计。     

CE5T拓展试验轨道精度分析

针对嫦娥5T服务舱(CE5T)拓展试验中的绕地大椭圆轨道，分析了轨道动力学演化趋势，通过测轨数据类型组合策略分析了统一S频段测量(USB)和甚长基线干涉测量(VLBI)在定轨中的贡献，得到了百米级的精密定轨精度；针对地月第二平动点(L2)绕飞轨道，分析了地心和月心积分的轨道动力学差异，制定了精密定轨的参数求解策略，得到了百米级的精密定轨精度；针对月球交会对接轨道的特点，选取三种不同的重力场模型定轨，比较了三者在轨道预报和数据拟合的差异，并与嫦娥3号(CE3)环月轨道的定轨精度进行比对，验证了不同重力场的适用范围，从计算精度和效率两方面制定了优化的定轨策略。     

Design of optimal earth pole-sitter transfers using low-thrust propulsion

Recent studies have shown the feasibility of an Earth pole-sitter mission using low-thrust propulsion. This mission concept involves a spacecraft following the Earth's polar axis to have a continuous, hemispherical view of one of the Earth's poles. Such a view will enhance future Earth observation and telecommunications for high latitude and polar regions. To assess the accessibility of the pole-sitter orbit, this paper investigates optimum Earth pole-sitter transfers employing low-thrust propulsion. A launch from low Earth orbit (LEO) by a Soyuz Fregat upper stage is assumed after which solar electric propulsion is used to transfer the spacecraft to the pole-sitter orbit. The objective is to minimize the mass in LEO for a given spacecraft mass to be inserted into the pole-sitter orbit. The results are compared with a ballistic transfer that exploits manifold-like trajectories that wind onto the pole-sitter orbit. It is shown that, with respect to the ballistic case, low-thrust propulsion can achieve significant mass savings in excess of 200 kg for a pole-sitter spacecraft of 1000 kg upon insertion. To finally obtain a full low-thrust transfer from LEO up to the pole-sitter orbit, the Fregat launch is replaced by a low-thrust, minimum time spiral, which provides further mass savings, but at the cost of an increased time of flight.     

Orbit design for the Spektr-R spacecraft of the ground-space interferometer

In order to carry out tasks of the RadioAstron mission, a high-apogee orbit was designed. On average, the period of its satellite’s orbit around the Earth is 8.5 days with evolution due to gravitational perturbations produced by the Moon and the Sun. The perigee and apogee of this orbit vary within the limits 7500–70000 km and 270000–333000 km, respectively. The basic evolution of the orbit represents a rotation of its plane around the line of apsides. Over 3 years, the plane normal to the orbit draws on the celestial sphere an oval with a semi-major axis of about 150° and semi-minor axis of about 45°.     

搭建地月鹊桥的嫦娥四号中继星（英文）

The far side of the moon is a unique place for some scientific investigations. Chang'e 4 is a Chinese lunar far side landing exploration mission. Relay communication satellite, named as Queqiao, is an important and innovative part of Chang'e 4 mission. It can provide relay communication to the lander and the rover operating on the lunar far side to maintain their contacts with Earth. It was launched by LM-4 C launch vehicle at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on May 21, 2018. After five precise orbit controls and a journey of more than 20 days, Queqiao inserted into final halo mission orbit around Earth-moon libration point 2, located about 65,000 km beyond the moon. It is the world's first communication satellite operating in that orbit. Up to now, Queqiao worked very well and provided reliable, continuous communication relay service for the lander and the rover to ensure the mission success of Chang'e 4 exploration mission. Via Queqiao, the lander and the rover were controlled to work by ground stations and obtained a great amount of scientific data. The mission overview, operation orbit selection, relay communication system design and flight profile were introduced in this article.     

The Brazilian scientific microsatellite SACI-1

The National Space Research Institute (INPE) is developing the first Brazilian Scientific Microsatellite (SACI-1) based on the vanguard technology and on the experience acquired through projects developed by Brazilian Space Program. The SACI-1 is a 750km polar orbit satellite. The spacecraft will combine spin stabilization with geomagnetic control and has a total mass of 60 kg. The overall dimensions are 640×470×470 mm. The SACI-1 satellite shall be launched together with CBERS (China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite). Its platform is being designed for multiple mission applications. The Brazilian Academy of Sciences has selected four scientific payloads that characterize the mission. The scientific experiments are: ORCAS (Solar and Anomalous Cosmic Rays Observation in the Magnetosphere), PLASMEX (Study of Plasma Bubbles), FOTSAT (Airglow Photometer), and MAGNEX (Geomagnetic Experiment).     

A direct fusion drive for rocket propulsion

The Direct Fusion Drive (DFD), a compact, anuetronic fusion engine, will enable more challenging exploration missions in the solar system. The engine proposed here uses a deuterium–helium-3 reaction to produce fusion energy by employing a novel field-reversed configuration (FRC) for magnetic confinement. The FRC has a simple linear solenoid coil geometry yet generates higher plasma pressure, hence higher fusion power density, for a given magnetic field strength than other magnetic-confinement plasma devices. Waste heat generated from the plasma?s Bremsstrahlung and synchrotron radiation is recycled to maintain the fusion temperature. The charged reaction products, augmented by additional propellant, are exhausted through a magnetic nozzle. A 1 MW DFD is presented in the context of a mission to deploy the James Webb Space Telescope (6200 kg) from GPS orbit to a Sun–Earth L2 halo orbit in 37 days using just 353 kg of propellant and about half a kilogram of ³He. The engine is designed to produce 40 N of thrust with an exhaust velocity of 56.5 km/s and has a specific power of 0.18 kW/kg.     

嫦娥五号平动点拓展任务轨道方案研究

中国嫦娥五号探测器成功实现月球采样返回任务,为最大限度利用任务资源,研究了利用嫦娥五号轨道器的平动点拓展任务轨道方案,设计了平动点轨道及其转移轨道.首先,给出了任务轨道设计的轨道动力学模型,包括圆型限制性三体问题模型和精确力模型.其次,基于嫦娥二号和嫦娥5T1平动点拓展任务设计经验,介绍了平动点轨道直接转移与入轨等轨道...     

Mission analysis and systems design of a near-term and far-term pole-sitter mission

This paper provides a detailed mission analysis and systems design of a near-term and far-term pole-sitter mission. The pole-sitter concept was previously introduced as a solution to the poor temporal resolution of polar observations from highly inclined, low Earth orbits and the poor high-latitude coverage from geostationary orbit. It considers a spacecraft that is continuously above either the north or south pole and, as such, can provide real-time, continuous and hemispherical coverage of the polar regions. Being on a non-Keplerian orbit, a continuous thrust is required to maintain the pole-sitter position. For this, two different propulsion strategies are proposed, which result in a near-term pole-sitter mission using solar electric propulsion (SEP) and a far-term pole-sitter mission where the SEP thruster is hybridized with a solar sail. For both propulsion strategies, minimum propellant pole-sitter orbits are designed. In order to maximize the spacecraft mass at the start of the operations phase of the mission, the transfer from Earth to the pole-sitter orbit is designed and optimized assuming either a Soyuz or an Ariane 5 launch. The maximized mass upon injection into the pole-sitter orbit is subsequently used in a detailed mass budget analysis that will allow for a trade-off between mission lifetime and payload mass capacity. Also, candidate payloads for a range of applications are investigated. Finally, transfers between north and south pole-sitter orbits are considered to overcome the limitations in observations due to the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis that causes the poles to be alternately situated in darkness. It will be shown that in some cases these transfers allow for propellant savings, enabling a further extension of the pole-sitter mission.     

卫星舱内宇宙辐射剂量测量与分析

本文介绍了在我国返回式卫星舱内辐射剂量测量的一些结果,分析了轨道高度和舱体质量厚度对舱内剂量的影响。卫星舱内的复杂屏蔽引起各位置上的剂量有所不同,测量结果表明:最高和最低剂量点剂量水平之比在500km高度的轨道时为1.58,在300km高度的轨道时为1.23。本文还对近地空间的辐射危害及其防护问题进行了讨论。