基于SIM仿真平台的载人登月软着陆任务研究

为确保环月空间站各项探月任务的协调开展,依据载人登月总体论证任务的特点,研制了具有分布式仿真特性的全数字载人登月任务仿真平台(SIM)。针对月面着陆问题,在SIM仿真平台上,以软着陆3自由度动力学模型作为飞行任务仿真单元,变网格Radau伪谱法作为任务规划单元的核心算法,同时考察着陆过程中的推力、过载以及应急条件等多种约束,对月面着陆器与上升飞行器组合体进行了载人登月软着陆任务仿真分析,结果验证了SIM仿真平台的可扩展性,同时验证了基于变网格Radau伪谱法规划法的有效性。     

载人登月着陆器奔月窗口搜索方法

对环月轨道共面交会的载人登月任务中,着陆器(LM)奔月零窗口与轨道参数精确快速设计方法进行了研究。任务采用人货分离奔月模式,着陆器于载人飞船到达环月轨道前抵达环月共面交会轨道,着陆器近月点一次共面减速完成近月制动。提出一种三层快速精确奔月窗口搜索方法:第一层采用地心二体轨道理论解析计算月窗口及奔月轨道参数初值,作为正确性基本参考;第二层采用改进的双二体解析动力学模型求解月窗口内奔月轨道参数变化规律;第三层采用高精度轨道动力学模型和SQP_Snopt优化求解奔月零窗口及轨道参数精确解。仿真结果表明,本文提出的三层逐级奔月窗口搜索方法能快速精确求解载人登月任务中着陆器奔月窗口及精确轨道参数,也揭示了影响着陆器奔月窗口的主次因素和规律,为中国未来载人登月工程提供参考。     

基于人工免疫算法的载人登月任务地月转移双脉冲中止策略研究彭 坤,果琳丽,向开恒,王 平,杨 雷

载人登月任务中,任务中止策略设计是确保航天员安全返回的重要基础。首先结合"星座"计划飞行方案分析了载人登月任务各飞行阶段的中止策略;其次针对地月转移巡航段进行了双脉冲中止策略设计,以速度增量数值、方位角以及变轨时间间隔为控制变量,加入轨道同向、近地点高度、偏心率以及飞行时间约束,提出双脉冲变轨计算流程;最后采用人工免疫算法对该问题进行了求解和优化。仿真算例表明,双脉冲中止策略存在多组解,其全局分布特性为:飞行时间越短速度增量需求越大;飞行时间相近时,大偏心率中止轨道对应的速度增量小;故障点离地月加速点越近,所需速度增量越小。同时也验证了人工免疫算法求解双脉冲中止策略问题的有效性。     

载人登月地月转移轨道方案综述

在总结国内外月球探测地月转移轨道研究进展与现状的基础上,从整体上研究了地月转移轨道的设计模型及设计约束,分析了不同类型地月转移轨道的特点及适用性。结合载人登月飞行任务特点,讨论了可满足载人登月任务约束的轨道类型及方案,并通过仿真计算和对比现有转移轨道研究结论,分析了不同类型轨道的飞行时间、能量消耗、月面可达区域等特性,提出了应用建议,可为载人登月任务地月转移轨道方案深入研究提供参考。     

载人登月返回轨道发射窗口分析与设计

将航天员安全送回地球是载人登月无论成功与否都必须执行的任务。本文建立了从环月轨道出发,以月地转移轨道为设计目标,满足轨道、光照、测控和地球再入等约束的发射窗口的计算模型;提出了从着月点窗口起算、逐步反推的发射窗口选择算法。最后,给出包括低纬/高纬、陆地/海洋四个回收场的月地转移轨道仿真算例。研究结果表明,在我国境内(包括近海)可以实现载人登月的陆地或海洋、低纬或高纬的回收。     

基于地月L1点的载人登月飞行方案分析

为解决传统载人登月方案中重型运载火箭难以研制、交会对接窗口选择困难等问题,提出了符合我国现有技术条件的基于地月L1点的载人登月方案设想。基于对圆形限制性三体模型和地月三,点特性的分析,将载人登月任务划分为不同的飞行阶段,研究了载人登月任务的规模、系统组成以及各舱段的质量分配等。通过与基于环月轨道方案各参数的分析和对比,提出通过付出较小代价将基于环月轨道的载人登月方案转化为基于地月,L1点的载人登月方案的方法。结果分析表明,经方案转化,不但能充分发挥地月L1点的优势,而且在一定条件下可以使节省燃料成为可能。     

载人登月轨道月面可达区域分析

全月面到达是21世纪以来载人登月研究的主要目标之一。影响月面可达区域的因素有很多,而阳光入射角约束和转移轨道约束是主要因素。首先分析了不同纬度区域阳光入射角规律,其次建立了一种适于月面可达区域分析的双二体圆锥曲线拼接算法,分析了自由返回轨道和混合轨道月面可达区域,并计算了变轨策略及其速度增量关系,为未来实现载人登月月面着陆区选择提供参考。     

搭载平动点中继星的载人自由返回探月轨道设计与优化

针对意义重大但目前尚无成功先例的月球背面载人登月任务,通过建立地惯系三体动力学模型,采用微分修正法迭代计算,设计了未来载人登月任务的候选自由返回轨道;通过建立旋转系三体动力学模型,利用"类Halo轨道截面"法,得到了从自由返回轨道以最低能耗转移到L2点halo轨道的拼接轨道。仿真计算结果显示所优化设计的搭载中继星的载人自由返回探月轨道既能满足任务安全要求,又能以最小能耗布设中继星座并提供中继任务支持。设计方法和结果可对未来月球背面载人着陆探测任务安全轨道设计和月球中继星座的设计方面提供参考。     

新一代多用途载人飞船概念研究

在"神舟"载人飞船进入成熟稳定期后,中国有必要尽早启动新一代多用途载人飞船的论证和研制。本文对国外新一代载人飞船的技术方案特点、新的设计理念及发展现状进行了分析,从适应多任务、降低运营成本、钝头体气动外形、更高安全可靠性以及新型轻质材料使用等多个方面总结了国外新一代载人飞船的技术发展趋势。初步分析了中国发展新一代载人飞船的近地轨道、载人登月、载人登小行星、载人登火星等任务需求,基本确定了新一代飞船的总体性能参数,并在此基础上梳理了新一代载人飞船技术途径,初步提出了两种方案设想,为中国新一代载人飞船的研制提供参考。     

飞船再入制导研究

在配平迎角飞行的合理假设下，建立了描述载人飞船再入飞行段弹道的数学仿真模型。在飞船再入标准轨道设计和再入机动边界计算的基础上，研究了基于标准轨道法的飞船再入飞行制导规律。六自由度飞行弹道的数学仿真证明，设计的制导律能满足飞船再入飞行制导和定点着陆的要求，同时还得到了飞船再入飞行的某些运动规律和一些有益的结论。     

Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL): Mapping the Lunar Interior from Crust to Core

The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) is a spacecraft-to-spacecraft tracking mission that was developed to map the structure of the lunar interior by producing a detailed map of the gravity field. The resulting model of the interior will be used to address outstanding questions regarding the Moon’s thermal evolution, and will be applicable more generally to the evolution of all terrestrial planets. Each GRAIL orbiter contains a Lunar Gravity Ranging System instrument that conducts dual-one-way ranging measurements to measure precisely the relative motion between them, which in turn are used to develop the lunar gravity field map. Each orbiter also carries an Education/Public Outreach payload, Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle-School Students (MoonKAM), in which middle school students target images of the Moon for subsequent classroom analysis. Subsequent to a successful launch on September 10, 2011, the twin GRAIL orbiters embarked on independent trajectories on a 3.5-month-long cruise to the Moon via the EL-1 Lagrange point. The spacecraft were inserted into polar orbits on December 31, 2011 and January 1, 2012. After a succession of 19 maneuvers the two orbiters settled into precision formation to begin science operations in March 1, 2012 with an average altitude of 55 km. The Primary Mission, which consisted of three 27.3-day mapping cycles, was successfully completed in June 2012. The extended mission will permit a second three-month mapping phase at an average altitude of 23 km. This paper provides an overview of the mission: science objectives and measurements, spacecraft and instruments, mission development and design, and data flow and data products.     

Overloading of Landing Based on the Deformation of the Lunar Lander

Along with the progress of sciences and technologies, a lot of explorations are taken in many countries or organizations in succession. Lunar, the natural satellite of the earth, become a focus of the space discovery again recently because of its abundant resource and high value in use. Lunar exploration is also one of the most important projects in China. A primary objective of the probe in lunar is to soft-land a manned spacecraft on the lunar surface. The soft-landing system is the key composition of the lunar lander. In the overall design of lunar lander, the analysis of touchdown dynamics during landing stage is an important work. The rigid-flexible coupling dynamics of a system with flexible cantilevers attached to the main lander is analyzed. The equations are derived from the subsystem method. Results show that the deformations of cantilevers have considerable effect on the overloading of the lunar lander system.     

An Overview of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)

The Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), an accompanying payload to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission (Vondrak et al. 2010), was launched with LRO on 18 June 2009. The principle goal of the LCROSS mission was to shed light on the nature of the materials contained within permanently shadowed lunar craters. These Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs) are of considerable interest due to the very low temperatures, <120?K, found within the shadowed regions (Paige et al. 2010a, 2010b) and the possibility of accumulated, cold-trapped volatiles contained therein. Two previous lunar missions, Clementine and Lunar Prospector, have made measurements that indicate the possibility of water ice associated with these PSRs. LCROSS used the spent LRO Earth-lunar transfer rocket stage, an Atlas V Centaur upper stage, as a kinetic impactor, impacting a PSR on 9 October 2009 and throwing ejecta up into sunlight where it was observed. This impactor was guided to its target by a Shepherding Spacecraft (SSC) which also contained a number of instruments that observed the lunar impact. A?campaign of terrestrial ground, Earth orbital and lunar orbital assets were also coordinated to observe the impact and subsequent crater and ejecta blanket. After observing the Centaur impact, the SSC became an impactor itself. The principal measurement goals of the LCROSS mission were to establish the form and concentration of the hydrogen-bearing material observed by Lunar Prospector, characterization of regolith within a PSR (including composition and physical properties), and the characterization of the perturbation to the lunar exosphere caused by the impact itself.     

嫦娥探测器分段渐倾转移机构设计

巡视探测器转移机构是在地外空间环境执行巡视探测器转移释放任务的空间机构。与美国、苏联转移任务不同，中国探月工程（CLEP）二期着陆器采用腿式着陆缓冲机构及巡视器顶部搭载方式，转移任务沿着陆器周向展开距离及巡视器释放高度增加，转移难度增大。在设计阶段，转移机构是否符合探测任务严苛的工程约束及设计指标；在执行阶段，转移机构能否在月面非确知环境下正常展开、转移过程是否稳定可靠，是嫦娥探测器顺利完成探测任务的关键。为保障月球后续任务及火星探测任务中转移机构的设计需要，根据巡视器转移系统特点，以探月二期工程中首次探索并成功自主设计定型的嫦娥分段渐倾转移机构为例，对巡视器转移系统的组成、任务需求及设计约束予以阐述，并结合参研人员经验，对机构研制方案的选取、关键环节设计、工程状态及任务验证情况进行说明，以为后续工作及相关工程提供参考。     

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): Observations for Lunar Exploration and Science

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was implemented to facilitate scientific and engineering-driven mapping of the lunar surface at new spatial scales and with new remote sensing methods, identify safe landing sites, search for in situ resources, and measure the space radiation environment. After its successful launch on June 18, 2009, the LRO spacecraft and instruments were activated and calibrated in an eccentric polar lunar orbit until September 15, when LRO was moved to a circular polar orbit with a mean altitude of 50 km. LRO will operate for at least one year to support the goals of NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), and for at least two years of extended operations for additional lunar science measurements supported by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). LRO carries six instruments with associated science and exploration investigations, and a telecommunications/radar technology demonstration. The LRO instruments are: Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER), Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment (DLRE), Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP), Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector (LEND), Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA), and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC). The technology demonstration is a compact, dual-frequency, hybrid polarity synthetic aperture radar instrument (Mini-RF). LRO observations also support the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), the lunar impact mission that was co-manifested with LRO on the Atlas V (401) launch vehicle. This paper describes the LRO objectives and measurements that support exploration of the Moon and that address the science objectives outlined by the National Academy of Science’s report on the Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon (SCEM). We also describe data accessibility by the science and exploration community.     

载人登月人货分运与人货合运模式对比分析

由于载人航天任务所具有的确保航天员安全的特殊属性,载人登月任务模式往往因此必须考虑救生等多种环节和因素,变得十分复杂。针对目前载人登月人货分运及人货合运两种任务模式,通过比较分析表明,从安全性、任务风险、飞船设计约束、发射窗口、测控支持复杂度方面来看,人货合运模式要优于人货分运模式,但是人货合运模式中的重型火箭如果被要求按照载人火箭标准进行设计和考核,其研制周期、经费方面的投入将会增加。