分时段实时观测脉冲星的单探测器导航方法

传统的X射线脉冲星导航系统需要同时观测3~4颗脉冲星,有效载荷的质量和功耗极大。针对航天器环地飞行中受地球遮挡、探测器可探测范围等因素影响,导致脉冲星并非所有时刻均可见的现象,提出了单探测器分时段实时观测脉冲星的导航方法。根据航天器的实际飞行情况,系统分析探测器在不同探测范围下对脉冲星实时的可见性状况,从每时段的可见星中选取单星进行导航。仿真表明,该方法可大大提高单探测器的导航性能,导航位置误差达到337m,同时有效地减小了导航系统的重量,为X射线脉冲星导航的工程实现提供了参考依据。     

基于脉冲星的日地系平动点轨道自主导航研究

给出一种利用X射线脉冲星的平动点轨道自主导航算法. 分析了X射线脉冲星导航原理, 以脉冲到达时间差值为基本观测量, 建立导航系统观测方程. 在高精度星历模型下, 对日地系L₁点Halo轨道建立数学模型, 利用基于UD分解的无迹卡尔曼滤波方法进行导航定位, 并研究了摄动因素对导航结果的影响. 仿真结果表明, 在日地系平动点轨道的自主导航中, X射线脉冲星导航是可行的.      

X射线脉冲星导航在行星际轨道上的应用

X射线脉冲星导航技术被认为是新一代导航技术,非常适合于行星际探测.深入分析了利用搜索空间方法求解飞行器真实位置和估计位置相位差的脉冲整周期模糊数,解决了相位导航方法存在的周期模糊数问题.利用轨道动力学模型估计飞行器的位置,并以真实位置和估计位置上的脉冲相位之差作为反馈进行偏差校正.仿真表明,X射线脉冲星导航方法在行星际轨道上是可行和高效的.     

X射线脉冲星动态信号处理方法研究

X射线脉冲星导航是一种基于X射线脉冲星观测的新型天文自主导航方法,脉冲星在轨动态信号处理技术一直是脉冲星导航的难点和重点,特别是低轨高动态条件下的信号处理比高轨低动态情况更加困难。针对动态信号处理中实测数据信噪比偏低的问题,提出了一种适用于低轨高动态情况的脉冲星动态信号处理方法,并对其原理进行了分析,建立了相关数学模型,并使用HXMT卫星和XPNAV-1卫星的实测数据验证了算法性能,实验结果表明:该方法有效提高了导航观测量处理精度。     

脉冲星导航的天体测量考虑

X射线脉冲星导航是基于X射线脉冲星观测,经过信号处理得到脉冲到达时刻序列,进而分析该时间序列提供导航相关信息的技术。为了分析脉冲星导航的可行性和依赖条件,从概念上描述了脉冲星的观测模型,并比较了射电脉冲星观测和X射线脉冲星观测数据处理过程;进而从天体测量的角度论述了脉冲星导航可行性的相关问题,主要包含观测量的获取、整周模糊度和应用范围3个问题。经分析可知:观测量的获取与观测者的速度有关,该速度可通过最大化观测轮廓法确定;对于深空和超深空导航,整周模糊度是首先需要解决的问题,脉冲星的位置精度也是需要考虑的因素。理论上X射线脉冲星导航可以应用于近地和深空探测。     

Distributed satellite autonomous navigation using X-ray pulsars

Distributed X-ray pulsar-based navigation (DXNAV) is an effective method to realize earth-orbit satellite positioning under weak pulsar signal conditions. In this paper, we propose a new DXNAV method based on multiple information fusion. The DXNAV system principle and the pulse phase estimate Cramér-Rao lower bound are deduced. To suppress the calculation complexity and the error source, the X-ray pulsar photon time-of-arrival detected by each satellite is equivalently converted to the leading satellite directly using the inter-satellite link ranging and starlight angular distance measurement. A high precision estimate model of the pulse phase is built using pulsar standard profile, observed profile, and star-geocentric angular distance from distributed satellites. The estimated pulse phase is real-time supplied to the navigation system, which is established in the form of a deviation equation. The two-stage Kalman filter is designed to estimate the pulse phase in profile histogram bin step and the leader position in real-time step. Compared separately with the maximum likelihood phase estimate method and the celestial navigation method using only the star-geocentric angular distance, the simulation analysis shows that the estimation precisions of position and velocity are improved by 29% and 25%.     

Autonomous navigation of Mars probe using X-ray pulsars: Modeling and results

Autonomous navigation of Mars probe is a main challenge due to the lack of dense ground tracking network measurements. In this paper, autonomous navigation of the Mars probe Orbits is investigated using the X-ray pulsars. A group of X-ray pulsars with high ranging accuracy are selected based on their properties and an adaptive extended Kalman filter is developed to incorporate the Mars probe dynamics and pulsar-based ranging measurements. Results of numerical experiment show that the three-dimensional positioning accuracy can achieve 750m in X-axis, 220m in Y-axis and 230m in Z-axis, which is much better than the positioning results by current Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) or Doppler observations with the accuracy of 150 km or several kilometers, respectively.     

X射线脉冲星自主导航的卫星运动方程

基于X射线脉冲星的卫星自主导航模型中, 无论从理论上还是从测量精度方面考虑, 光子到达时间测量方程(观测方程)和卫星运动方程(状态方程)应在同一参考系中讨论. 在DSX体系中太阳系质心系是惯性系, 可以使用现行时间测量方程, 但卫星摄动加速度中除了地球多极矩、日月引力摄动和太阳光压三项外, 还应考虑相对论修正项, 计算表明该修正项导致卫星位置误差在10m量级. 而地心系是非惯性系, 在此系中卫星运动方程中的相对论效应导致卫星误差在10 cm量级, 因而可以忽略, 但要将BCRS的时间测量方程转换到GCRS中. 在此基础上建立的导航模型较为精确和完整.      

基于扩展卡尔曼滤波的XPNAV-1卫星自主定轨算法研究

X射线脉冲星导航1号（XPNAV-1）是全球首颗脉冲星导航专用试验卫星。利用该卫星观测的单颗脉冲星数据，采用几何约束方法，能够有效抑制轨道误差增长，但存在长时间定轨发散问题。针对XPNAV-1卫星拓展试验任务及脉冲星导航后续发展需求，利用多颗脉冲星的观测数据，研究基于扩展卡尔曼滤波（EKF）的卫星自主定轨算法。首先，建立该卫星的轨道力学模型和观测方程；然后，详细论述EKF滤波算法和分段式定常系统（PWCS）的可观测性分析方法；最后，通过综合分析XPNAV-1卫星的观测数据、脉冲星对该卫星轨道的覆盖性以及系统状态的可观测性，进行自主定轨算法试验。试验结果表明，基于EKF的自主定轨算法滤波过程收敛，验证了该算法的合理性和有效性。     

行星着陆自主导航与制导控制研究现状与趋势

行星着陆自主导航与制导控制技术是行星着陆过程的核心技术之一,关系到行星着陆任务的成败。本文基于未来火星和小天体着陆对自主导航与制导控制技术的发展需求,阐述了进一步开展自主导航与制导控制研究的必要性,围绕行星着陆过程环境特点,分析了自主导航与制导控制技术所遇到的挑战,随后概括了行星着陆自主导航与制导控制所涉及的关键技术,并综述了关键技术的研究现状。最后对我国未来行星着陆探测自主导航与制导控制技术的发展方向进行了展望。     

基于脉冲星和紫外敏感器的自主定轨定姿授时研究

为提高深空探测器的自主导航能力, 利用脉冲星导航的脉冲到达时间和脉冲星 角位置测量值、紫外敏感器中心天体质心相对于探测器的方向矢量和距离测量 值以及紫外敏感器输出的航天器姿态角, 以探测器在惯性坐标系下的位置和速度、 探测器本体坐标系相对于惯性坐标系的姿态角、星载时钟钟差为系统状态变量, 通过联邦扩展卡尔曼滤波器估计组合导航系统的系统状态, 并利用火星环绕段 轨道数据进行仿真实验. 仿真结果表明, 该组合导航方法能够使火星轨道器 在环绕段飞行中同时进行定轨、定姿和授时, 且具有较高的导航精度和授时能力.      

深空探测器接近段自适应滤波方法研究

天文导航是一种广泛应用于深空探测任务的全自主导航方法.基于状态模型和量测模型的非线性卡尔曼滤波方法在天文导航中被广泛使用.卡尔曼滤波要求状态和量测模型误差是高斯白噪声且先验协方差信息已知,但在深空探测器天文导航系统中,状态模型和量测模型噪声通常不能精确知道且是时变的.因此,自适应卡尔曼滤波器广泛用于解决状态和量测模型误差未知且时变的问题.本文首先结合火星探测器接近段的实际情况分析了火星探测器接近段模型噪声的时变特性,然后对三种常用的在线调节自适应滤波方法在火星探测接近段的滤波表现进行了仿真实验.      

基于RDSS辅助的Doppler/SINS组合导航系统研究

Doppler/SINS组合导航系统具有输出水平速度误差较小、平台角误差较小的优点 ,但存在经纬度误差较大的缺点 ,故不能作为独立的导航定位系统 ;而双星定位系统(RDSS)可输出较高精度的经纬度信息 ,但存在定位滞后的缺陷。利用Doppler/SINS的输出水平速度可以补偿RDSS的位置滞后 ,同时经过位置补偿后的RDSS系统可实时修正Doppler/SINS组合导航系统。仿真结果表明 ,基于RDSS辅助的Doppler/SINS组合导航系统能有效地克服Doppler/SINS系统的缺点 ,是一种新型的组合导航系统 ,可应用于导航定位精度要求较高的场合     

Cometary ephemerides for spacecraft flyby missions

For spacecraft without on-board navigation capability, their ability to fly close to target comets is limited primarily by the comet's ephemeris uncertainty. Factors contributing to cometary ephemeris uncertainties include measurement errors, star catalog errors, and offsets between the comet's center of mass and its observed center of light. The situation is further complicated by nongravitational forces acting upon a comet's nucleus and the paucity of observers currently making astrometric observations of comets. For comet Halley, the nongravitational forces affecting this comet's motion are consistent with the rocket effect of an outgassing water ice nucleus; the nucleus is apparently rotating in a direct sense about a stable spin axis. Accurate comet Halley ephemerides for close spacecraft flybys will require continued efforts to refine the existing nongravitational force model. In addition, the various flyby missions to comet Halley will require a well organized network of astrometric observers. These observers must rapidly reduce their observations in early 1986, thus allowing continuous updates to the comet's ephemeris just prior to the spacecraft flybys in March 1986.     

X-ray pulsar navigation method for spacecraft with pulsar direction error

In order to reduce the impact of the pulsar direction error on the navigation system performance, a novel X-ray pulsar navigation technique is proposed. Through analyzing the system bias caused by the pulsar direction error, it can be seen that the system bias is slowly time-varying. Based on the analysis result, the augmented state unscented Kalman filter (ASUKF), in which the system bias is treated as the augmented state, is designed here to deal with the system bias and estimate spacecraft’s positions and velocities. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed navigation method. The ASUKF-based navigation method for spacecraft is more accurate than the method based on unscented Kalman filter (UKF) in the presence of the pulsar direction error.     

未来行星表面漫游车自主导航技术研究

随着深空探测的距离越来越远，测控资源及能源的约束使得目前的行星表面漫游车采用遥操作加部分自主移动的在轨任务操作方式，越来越不适应未来科学探测的需求，而未来的深空探测任务对漫游车控制系统提出了更快、更轻、更智能的要求.对目前月球与火星表面漫游车自主导航控制系统的结构、能力进行了对比分析，给出了目前控制系统自主能力的约束条件，提出了未来行星表面漫游车的自主导航控制系统的体系结构及设计期望，并对未来行星表面漫游车自主等级进行了初步划分，为我国未来行星表面漫游车自主导航控制系统的研究提供技术支撑与发展规划指导.     

X射线脉冲星/SINS组合导航研究

X射线脉冲星导航是一种新兴的天文导航方法, 该导航方法可靠、稳定, 不受近地空间的限制, 但在轨道机动过程中导航精度不高. 针对此问题提出了X射线脉冲星/SINS组合导航方法, 对该方法的应用效果进行了数值仿真分析. 结果表明, X射线脉冲星/SINS组合导航在轨道机动过程中具有较高的导航精度, 有效抑制了惯性导航误差随时间的漂移, 提高了X射线脉冲星导航方法的通用性, 为X射线脉冲星导航的工程应用奠定了理论基础.      

基于X射线脉冲星的导航卫星自主导航

基于星间链路的导航星座自主导航,存在星座整体旋转误差随时间累积问题,致使星座难于长时间自主运行。X射线脉冲星导航为星座整体旋转问题提供了一种新的解决途径:在导航卫星上安装X射线探测器,探测脉冲星辐射的X射线光子,整合脉冲轮廓和提取影像信息,星载时钟记录脉冲到达时间,经过星载计算机处理得到卫星位置、速度、时间和姿态等导航参数;脉冲星辐射的X射线信号为导航卫星提供了绝对时空基准,不存在星座整体旋转问题。在简要论述基于X射线脉冲星的导航卫星自主导航的基本概念、系统组成和几何原理的基础上,重点研究了导航卫星轨道确定与时间同步的自适应卡尔曼滤波算法,并通过数值分析试验,初步论证利用X射线脉冲星解决自主导航星座整体旋转问题的可行性和合理性。     

On the generation of satellite position (and velocity) by a mixed analytical-numerical procedure

The generation of accurate Earth-satellite ephemerides by numerical integration, over a period of perhaps weeks, can consume an inordinate amount of computer time. No satisfactory purely analytical procedure exists, but if short-period components of the standard elliptic elements are removed analytically, the resulting mean elements can be integrated with a step time that is longer than the satellite's orbital period.The definition of the mean elements depends on the particular perturbations included in the orbit generator and regarded as non-resonant. It is best if short-period perturbations are not applied to the orbital elements themselves but to the satellite's position (and velocity if required), expressed in a system of cylindrical polar coordinates, and the paper shows how mean elements can be recovered from position and velocity.A computer program has been written to test the proposed procedure for generating ephemerides, using a truncated potential field. Some results from this program are presented.