椭圆轨道卫星空间任意位置悬停的方法

对任务星施加持续的控制加速度,使其在飞行过程中相对于目标卫星的空间位置保持不变,即实现任意位置悬停飞行。通过对任务星与目标星的相对运行分析和重力差异补偿分析,给出了在飞行过程中任务星相对于运行在椭圆轨道上的目标星实现任意位置悬停所需的径向、切向和法向控制加速度公式。最后对典型悬停飞行过程进行了动力学仿真,并对不同悬停飞行任务的能量消耗进行了对比分析,表明在一段时间内对任务星进行轨道悬停是可行的。     

双体小行星系统平衡态与稳定性研究

由于双体小行星独特的运动形式可为行星的演化提供重要线索,因而成为小行星探测中的热点目标。基于双椭球体模型研究了双小行星系统的相对运动、平衡态及稳定性。首先基于双椭球的全二体模型建立了双星系统相对运动的动力学方程;其次利用拉格朗日方程,通过求解系统角动量和能量,建立了双星系统平衡态对应的状态约束;最后给出了通过零速度状态曲面判断双星系统平衡态稳定性的一般性方法,在此基础上分析了小行星物理参数变化对系统平衡态稳定性的影响。研究可为未来双体小行星系统探测任务中的轨道设计与控制提供重要的理论参考。     

地月平动点中继应用轨道维持

地月平动点中继应用轨道对于月球背面探测具有十分重要的应用价值,由于地月平动点的不稳定性,必须进行轨道维持。文章研究了真实力模型下月球平动点中继应用轨道的维持。首先,基于限制性三体问题下平动点轨道的运动特性,研究了平动点轨道维持的数学模型与维持策略,提出了平动点轨道维持的连续环绕控制方法,并给出了轨道维持的Halo和Lissajous两种控制方式;其次,充分考虑各天体和光压摄动下,采用数值手段研究了不同幅值的地月平动点周期中继应用轨道的维持间隔与速度增量等。研究结果表明:Lissajous控制方式适用于月球平动点中继应用轨道的维持,在给定测控精度条件下,维持间隔约7.4d,速度增量优于20m/s/a。该方法已经成功应用于我国"嫦娥2号"日地平动点任务和"嫦娥5T1"地月平动点任务并获得了良好的控制效果,还可直接应用于我国未来"嫦娥4号"等月球背面探测任务。     

探测双星在轨运行会议简报

2005年8月6日，中国科学院空间科学与应用研究中心和航天东方红卫星有限公司在北京联合组织召开了探测双星在轨运行总结会．本次会议的主题是，庆祝探测双星顺利完成任务规定的设计任务，总结探测双星在轨运行情况及工程研制的创新点，宣布探测结果和科学研究的重大发现，汇报双星配合CLUSTER再次延寿进行协调观测的科学需求．     

基于混杂系统的空间飞行器悬停控制

基于空间飞行器的轨道动力学原理,利用混杂系统模型研究了悬停轨道问题,建立了悬停轨道的混杂系统模型;借此模型,针对目标星轨道为椭圆的情况,提出了等距离悬停轨道控制和椭圆悬停轨道控制两种方案,分别推导出在这两种方案下对悬停星所施加的控制力。数值仿真结果表明,分别对悬停星施加相应的控制力,能够实现对目标星的悬停。     

基于三体系统平动点轨道的环日全景任务轨道设计

在空间开展太阳观测是研究太阳活动周、太阳爆发、极端天气等事件起源的重要手段。环日全景探测计划是为实现从黄道面360°全方位观察太阳行星际空间而提出的。本文针对环日全景探测计划,构建了基于三体系统平动点低能量轨道的环日全景轨道部署方法。该方法以日–地L1/L2点Halo轨道幅值及Halo轨道离轨点为变量,以转移轨道飞行时间、入轨机动大小为评价指标,基于三体系统不变流形构建环日全景的转移轨道,并开展轨道优化设计。采用等高线图对设计变量及任务成本进行全局分析。仿真计算表明,轨道部署无法同时满足飞行时间最短与入轨机动最小的要求。设计了轨道机动约束条件下的最优飞行时间解,并给出了基于长三甲运载火箭的一箭双星发射及入轨方案。      

“探测二号”卫星发射成功

北京时间 7月 2 5日 1 5时 0 5分 ,“探测二号”卫星成功地从太原卫星发射中心发射升空 ,30分钟后准确进入预定轨道。中国科学家于 1 997年提出的“地球空间双星探测计划”得以真正实现。“地球空间双星探测计划”由中国科学院主持 ,由两颗以大椭圆轨道绕地球运行的小卫星组成。此次发射的“探测二号”卫星与已在轨运行的“探测一号”卫星构成了具有创新特色的星座式独立探测体系。这一计划与欧洲空间局“星簇计划”组成的联合观测项目 ,将在人类历史上首次对地球空间进行六点立体探测。“探测二号”卫星质量约为 343kg ,设计寿命 1 2个月 ,…     

限制性三体问题共线平动点轨道近似解析解

随着深空探测成为航天领域的研究热点,与其密切相关的三体问题基础研究也日益重要,尤其是在深空探测任务设计中处于基础地位的共线平动点附近运动的研究,更是具有重要的工程应用价值。在圆型限制性三体问题下,对共线平动点附近运动近似解析解的研究已经较为全面,但在更接近真实情况、更具一般性的椭圆型限制性三体问题下,相应的研究却相对较少。针对此背景,参考借鉴圆型限制性三体问题的研究方法,首先根据平动点的特性计算出平动点的位置,然后将非线性三体动力学模型在共线平动点处线性化,最后结合线性系统理论,获得了椭圆型限制性三体问题下共线平动点附近运动的近似解析解,并将其与经典的圆型限制性三体问题下的近似解析解进行对比分析,仿真结果证明了方法的有效性,同时也表明所推导的椭圆型限制性三体问题解析解相比圆型限制性三体问题解析解具有更高的精度。     

中国航天

长二丁火箭一箭送双星2011年11月20日8点15分,长征二号丁运载火箭在酒泉卫星发射中心以"一箭双星"方式同时将创新一号03星和试验卫星四号卫星成功送入预定轨道。本次是长征系列运载火箭的第151次发射。创新一号03星是一颗小型数据采集传输试验卫星,由中国科学院上海微小卫星工程中心负责研制,主要用于水利、水文、气象、电力及减灾等领域各类监测站点的数据采集和传输任务。     

天文观测卫星动中探测机动测试系统设计

天文观测卫星普遍采用动中探测模式开展空间探测任务。为了实现动中探测姿态机动模式的地面有效验证，设计了整星机动集成测试方案。设计惯性空间基准的地面动力学仿真，满足惯性空间扫描仿真；设计整星各分系统间高精度时间统一系统，为整星机动测试提供统一基准；基于STK与Matlab接口模块，设计基于实时遥测数据的可视化判读系统，可提高测试判读实时性与准确度。整星测试结果表明，该方案有效验证了动中探测任务中姿态机动功能的正确性和指标符合情况，为开展整星地面测试和在轨应用提供了参考。     

The feasibility of using an L1 positioned dust cloud as a method of space-based geoengineering

In this paper a method of geoengineering is proposed involving clouds of dust placed in the vicinity of the L₁ point as an alternative to the use of thin film reflectors. The aim of this scheme is to reduce the manufacturing requirement for space-based geoengineering. It has been concluded that the mass requirement for a cloud placed at the classical L₁ point, to create an average solar insolation reduction of 1.7%, is 7.60 × 10¹⁰ kg yr⁻¹ whilst a cloud placed at a displaced equilibrium point created by the inclusion of the effect of solar radiation pressure is 1.87 × 10¹⁰ kg yr⁻¹. These mass ejection rates are considerably less than the mass required in other unprocessed dust cloud methods proposed and are comparable to thin film reflector geoengineering requirements. Importantly, unprocessed dust sourced in-situ is seen as an attractive scheme compared to highly engineered thin film reflectors. It is envisaged that the required mass of dust can be extracted from captured near Earth asteroids, whilst stabilised in the required position using the impulse provided by solar collectors or mass drivers used to eject material from the asteroid surface.     

Orbital stability close to asteroid 624 Hektor using the polyhedral model

We investigate the orbital stability close to the unique L4-point Jupiter binary Trojan asteroid 624 Hektor. The gravitational potential of 624 Hektor is calculated using the polyhedron model with observational data of 2038 faces and 1021 vertexes. Previous studies have presented three different density values for 624 Hektor. The equilibrium points in the gravitational potential of 624 Hektor with different density values have been studied in detail. There are five equilibrium points in the gravitational potential of 624 Hektor no matter the density value. The positions, Jacobian, eigenvalues, topological cases, stability, as well as the Hessian matrix of the equilibrium points are investigated. For the three different density values the number, topological cases, and the stability of the equilibrium points with different density values are the same. However, the positions of the equilibrium points vary with the density value of the asteroid 624 Hektor. The outer equilibrium points move away from the asteroid’s mass center when the density increases, and the inner equilibrium point moves close to the asteroid’s mass center when the density increases. There exist unstable periodic orbits near the surface of 624 Hektor. We calculated an orbit near the primary’s equatorial plane of this binary Trojan asteroid; the results indicate that the orbit remains stable after 28.8375?d.     

Gravitationally bound geoengineering dust shade at the inner Lagrange point

This paper presents a novel method of space-based geoengineering which uses the mass of a captured near Earth asteroid to gravitationally anchor a cloud of unprocessed dust in the vicinity of the _L1${\mathrm{L}}_1$ position to reduce the level of solar insolation at Earth. It has subsequently been shown that a cloud contained within the zero-velocity curve of the largest near Earth asteroid, Ganymed, can lead to an insolation reduction of 6.58% on Earth, which is significantly larger than the 1.7% required to offset a 2 °C increase in mean global temperature. The masses of the next largest near Earth asteroids are found to be too small to achieve the required level of insolation reduction, however, they are significant enough to be used as part of a portfolio of geoengineering schemes.     

On the station keeping of a solar sail in the elliptic Sun–Earth system

In this work we focus on the dynamics of a solar sail in the Sun–Earth Elliptic Restricted Three-Body Problem with solar radiation pressure. The considered situation is the motion of a sail close to the L₁ point, but displacing the equilibrium point with the sail so that it is possible to have continuous communication with the Earth. In previous works we derived a station keeping strategy for this situation but using the Circular RTBP as a model.     

Low-energy near Earth asteroid capture using Earth flybys and aerobraking

Since the Sun-Earth libration points L₁ and L₂ are regarded as ideal locations for space science missions and candidate gateways for future crewed interplanetary missions, capturing near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) around the Sun-Earth L₁/L₂ points has generated significant interest. Therefore, this paper proposes the concept of coupling together a flyby of the Earth and then capturing small NEAs onto Sun–Earth L₁/L₂ periodic orbits. In this capture strategy, the Sun-Earth circular restricted three-body problem (CRTBP) is used to calculate target Lypaunov orbits and their invariant manifolds. A periapsis map is then employed to determine the required perigee of the Earth flyby. Moreover, depending on the perigee distance of the flyby, Earth flybys with and without aerobraking are investigated to design a transfer trajectory capturing a small NEA from its initial orbit to the stable manifolds associated with Sun-Earth L₁/L₂ periodic orbits. Finally, a global optimization is carried out, based on a detailed design procedure for NEA capture using an Earth flyby. Results show that the NEA capture strategies using an Earth flyby with and without aerobraking both have the potential to be of lower cost in terms of energy requirements than a direct NEA capture strategy without the Earth flyby. Moreover, NEA capture with an Earth flyby also has the potential for a shorter flight time compared to the NEA capture strategy without the Earth flyby.     

A small mission for in situ exploration of a primitive binary near-Earth asteroid

We present a concept for a challenging in situ science mission to a primitive, binary near-Earth asteroid. A sub-400-kg spacecraft would use solar electric propulsion to rendezvous with the C-class binary asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3. A campaign of remote observations of both worlds would be followed by landing on the ∼1 km diameter primary to perform in situ measurements. The total available payload mass would be around 34 kg, allowing a wide range of measurement objectives to be addressed. This mission arose during 2004 from the activities of the ad-hoc Small Bodies Group of the DLR-led Planetary Lander Initiative. Although the particular mission scenario proposed here was not studied further per se, the experience was carried over to subsequent European asteroid mission studies, including first LEONARD and now the Marco Polo near-Earth asteroid sample return proposal for ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme. This paper may thus be of interest as much for insight into the life cycle of mission proposals as for the concept itself.     

从日地系统L2出发借力月球飞越近地小行星

对于停留在日地系统L2的“嫦娥2号”探测器,其后续飞行方案有多个选项,例如主动撞月或重返月球轨道、返回地球轨道或再入大气、飞往地月系统L1/L2或日地系统L1、进入深空飞越近地小行星(最终,“嫦娥2号”于2012年12月13日成功地实现了对Toutatis小行星的近距离飞越)。探讨上述的飞行方案需要对飞行轨道进行初步设计,总的速度脉冲限制在100 m/s以内并且需要考虑探测器同时受到太阳、地球、月球的引力作用。本研究设计了探测器从日地系统L2出发借力月球实现Toutatis小行星飞越的飞行方案,与直接飞越方案相比,借力月球可以进一步节省探测器的燃料消耗,其等效速度脉冲设计值为58.47 m/s。     

Two-manoeuvres transfers between LEOs and Lissajous orbits in the Earth–Moon system

The purpose of this work is to compute transfer trajectories from a given Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to a nominal Lissajous quasi-periodic orbit either around the point L₁ or the point L₂ in the Earth–Moon system. This is achieved by adopting the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem (CR3BP) as force model and applying the tools of Dynamical Systems Theory.