An atmosphere-breathing propulsion system using inductively coupled plasma source

CubeSats have attracted more research interest recently due to their lower cost and shorter production time. A promising technology for CubeSat application is atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion, which can capture the atmospheric particles as propulsion propellant to maintain long-term mission at very low Earth orbit. This paper designs an atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion system for a 3 U CubeSat, which consists of an intake device and an electric thruster based on the inductively coupled plasma. The capture performance of intake device is optimized considering both particles capture efficiency and compression ratio. The plasma source is also analyzed by experiment and simulation. Then, the thrust performance is also estimated when taking into account the intake performance. The results show that it is feasible to use atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion technology for CubeSats to compensate for aerodynamic drag at lower Earth orbit.     

柔性有机硅气凝胶复合材料的制备及性能研究

以甲基三甲氧基硅烷(MTMS)和二甲基二甲氧基硅烷(DMDMS)为前驱体,通过溶胶-凝胶、常压干燥制备出柔性有机硅气凝胶,研究了MTMS与DMDMS的摩尔比对其化学组成和微观结构的影响;采用莫来石纤维毡作为增强体,制备出密度为0.25 g/cm~3的柔性有机硅气凝胶复合材料。实验结果表明,所制复合材料具有优异的热稳定性,其室温热导率在0.03 W/(m·K)以内;当MTMS和DMDMS的摩尔比为3.8∶1.2时,复合材料的均匀伸长率达3.6%、残重率达82.4%;复合材料经高温处理后,有机硅气凝胶转变为无机SiO_2气凝胶,较好地保持煅烧前的微观形貌和隔热性能;通过500 s石英灯静态加热,发现复合材料的表面有陶瓷化反应,厚度方向无收缩,背部温升81℃,表现出烧蚀/隔热的双重特性。     

低铝低燃速HTPB推进剂工艺性能研究

为研究固体填料粒度级配及工艺助剂对低铝低燃速HTPB推进剂工艺性能的影响，依据固体颗粒堆积最密集排列理论，建立了固体颗粒级配模型，结合固体填料实际粒径，计算得到两种理想刚性球的堆积结果，并在此基础上考察了不同级配配方药浆流动性及触变性。同时，通过筛选工艺助剂种类及优化最适助剂用量，对比了加入不同工艺助剂配方药浆的触变性。结果表明：当采用双二级配模型，计算出的固体颗粒级配比例最优；通过进一步优化固体颗粒级配，结合药浆触变环大小快速判定了推进剂固体级配的合理性，提高了低铝低燃速HTPB推进剂配方工艺性能的可设计性；当工艺助剂选用SU-2，且用量为0.03%时，推进剂工艺性能明显改善，适用期可达596min。     

一种Ka频段宽带宽角扫描微带天线

针对低剖面微带天线带宽窄的问题，设计了一种高度仅为0.11λ0的双层贴片开槽微带天线，通过双贴片同时馈电的方式，展宽了微带天线的带宽，实现了驻波带宽达到17.9%。经过HFSS（High Frequency Structure Simulator，高频结构仿真器）设计仿真结果表明：该天线单元具有良好的阻抗匹配特性，驻波带宽在17.9%，增益为5.89 dB，符合宽带天线的标准。将该天线单元组成6×6阵列，通过仿真分析得出，天线在31.0 GHz~36.5 GHz频带范围内VSWR（电压驻波比）≤2，相对带宽达到16.4%，增益达到20.28 dB，-60°~60°扫描范围内具有良好辐射特性。该天线具有小型化、易于集成、制造简单等优点，可用于多种通信系统中，应用前景良好。     

Orbital error propagation considering atmospheric density uncertainty

Due to the influence of various errors, the orbital uncertainty propagation of artificial celestial objects while orbit prediction is required, especially in some applications such as conjunction analysis. In the orbital error propagation of artificial celestial objects in low Earth orbits (LEOs), atmospheric density uncertainty is one of the important factors that require special attention. In this paper, on the basis of considering the uncertainties of position and velocity, the atmospheric density uncertainty is also taken into account to further investigate the orbital error propagation of artificial celestial objects in LEOs. Artificial intelligence algorithms are introduced, the MC Dropout neural network and the heteroscedastic loss function are used to realize the correction of the empirical atmospheric density model, as well as to provide the quantification of model uncertainty and input uncertainty for the corrected atmospheric densities. It is shown that the neural network we built achieves good results in atmospheric density correction, and the uncertainty quantization obtained from the neural network is also reasonable. Moreover, using the Gaussian mixture model - unscented transform (GMM-UT) method, the atmospheric density uncertainty is taken into account in the orbital uncertainty propagation, by adding a sampled random term to the corrected atmospheric density when calculating atmospheric density. The feasibility of the GMM-UT method considering atmospheric density uncertainty is proved by the further comparison of abundant sampling points and GMM-UT results (with and without considering atmospheric density uncertainty).     

一种新型低剖面双频微带导航天线

设计了一种可以同时工作在BD2B3与GPS L1频段的低剖面微带导航天线,采用多调谐回路技术实现了天线双频工作。该天线方便调试与实现,可以应用于要求天线剖面较低的载体。     

未知纬度条件下基于空间圆拟合的SINS初始对准方法

传统的捷联惯导系统(SINS)晃动基座初始对准算法,如积分双矢量方法和多矢量Wahba方法等均需要精确的纬度信息,粗对准偏航角误差较大.针对此特点,提出了一种未知纬度条件下基于空间圆拟合的SINS初始对准方法.根据重力矢量在惯性系中绕地轴旋转包含北向信息的特征,以初始时刻凝固载体坐标系作为惯性系,首先对重力矢量在凝固载体系内进行投影并滤波,对其矢量端点进行空间圆拟合,然后通过三角几何关系得到导航坐标系,从而完成对准过程.通过仿真验证,证实了该对准方法不需要已知对准点的精确位置信息,相比于积分双矢量方法与多矢量Wahba方法,偏航角对准精度分别提高了12.37'与5.10'.     

基于低轨通信星座的导航增强技术发展概述

在我国北斗三号卫星导航系统全面完成组网建设的背景下,世界卫星导航步入新时代。各卫星导航大国均瞄准更高服务精度、更加多样功能、更加可靠服务,正在着手开展新一代系统建设和技术迭代。随着各国对于大型低轨通信星座的积极开发与广泛部署,应用低轨卫星技术实现导航增强与PNT系统备份能力,因其易与GNSS协同,具有提高全球自主导航精度、拓展全球卫星导航应用市场的巨大潜力而成为研究热点。面向低轨导航增强技术,首先总结了低轨卫星的最新态势,梳理了卫星导航增强服务模式,并详细分析了低轨通信星座导航精度增强及导航信号增强两方面的技术动向。在此基础上,重点针对导航增强频率的兼容互操作、通信/导航信号一体化设计、高动态导航增强信号捕获与跟踪等方面,对低轨卫星导航增强体系未来的发展机遇以及面临的技术挑战进行了展望。此外,还基于美国铱星系统实收采集信号开展了定位服务性能试验分析,结果表明600个历元内收敛定位精度优于100m,相关分析成果可为我国低轨导航增强建设提供参考和借鉴。