Deorbiter CubeSat mission design

This paper presents the mission design for a CubeSat-based active debris removal approach intended for transferring sizable debris objects from low-Earth orbit to a deorbit altitude of 100 km. The mission consists of a mothership spacecraft that carries and deploys several debris-removing nanosatellites, called Deorbiter CubeSats. Each Deorbiter is designed based on the utilization of an eight-unit CubeSat form factor and commercially-available components with significant flight heritage. The mothership spacecraft delivers Deorbiter CubeSats to the vicinity of a predetermined target debris, through performing a long-range rendezvous maneuver. Through a formation flying maneuver, the mothership then performs in-situ measurements of debris shape and orbital state. Upon release from the mothership, each Deorbiter CubeSat proceeds to performing a rendezvous and attachment maneuver with a debris object. Once attached to the debris, the CubeSat performs a detumbling maneuver, by which the residual angular momentum of the CubeSat-debris system is dumped using Deorbiter’s onboard reaction wheels. After stabilizing the attitude motion of the combined Deorbiter-debris system, the CubeSat proceeds to performing a deorbiting maneuver, i.e., reducing system’s altitude so much so that the bodies disintegrate and burn up due to atmospheric drag, typically at around 100 km above the Earth surface. The attitude and orbital maneuvers that are planned for the mission are described, both for the mothership and Deorbiter CubeSat. The performance of each spacecraft during their operations is investigated, using the actual performance specifications of the onboard components. The viability of the proposed debris removal approach is discussed in light of the results.     

BP神经网络预测复合材料热压罐成型均匀性

复合材料热压罐成型过程中的固化度差值是复合材料固化度均匀性的主要表征参数之一。基于3层BP神经网络，以复合材料双平台固化工艺曲线的加热速率、保温时间和保温温度为输入参数，建立了成型过程任一时刻最大固化度差值的快速估算模型。仿真复合材料热压罐成型过程，得到最大固化度差值作为试验样本数据，对BP神经网络进行训练，训练结束后对该模型的准确性进行验证。结果表明:该BP神经网络估算模型准确性和效率较高，为复合材料热压罐成型最大固化度差值的估算提供了一种快速有效的新方法。      

基于双滤波器的高精度目标跟踪估计方法

针对连续推力的合作航天器，采用双重无迹卡尔曼滤波(DUKF)算法估计其状态和加速度。通过状态滤波器和参数滤波器的配合，提升滤波精度，完成运动状态和参数的估计，从而实现合作目标的运动轨迹跟踪。与合作航天器相比，非合作航天器存在大小未知、发生时刻未知的机动，无法获得加速度，且信息获取和运动状态的估计难度大。针对非合作航天器，基于简化的相对运动方程，结合天基平台获得目标的观测信息，采用两个扩展卡尔曼滤波(EKF)及基于半正焦弦的机动检测策略实现多未知脉冲机动的运动状态的估计。仿真结果表明：相比于无迹卡尔曼滤波（UKF），DUKF在对合作航天器的状态和加速度估计方面具有更快的收敛速度和更高的滤波精度；对于存在未知机动的非合作航天器，通过对比验证机动检测策略与滤波器切换策略相结合的方法的有效性，该方法能够检测到多次机动并且减少误判。     

功率级无刷直流电动机四象限运行模拟器设计

针对无刷直流电动机（BLDCM）驱动控制器在研发过程中全工况测试困难、测试成本高和研发周期长的问题，提出了一种采用分区间采样和解算方法的、具有四象限运行能力的功率级（PHIL）无刷直流电动机模拟器，替代实物电动机和机械负载装置完成对两两导通控制方式下无刷直流电动机驱动控制器的各项性能测试与可靠性试验。该模拟器由实时仿真器、电动机模拟变换器和多级式双向变换器3部分组成，实时仿真器负责采集被测电动机驱动控制器输出的PWM电压，实时解算电动机模型得到三相电流指令，控制电动机模拟变换器生成三相电流，多级式双向变换器负责维持模拟器输入、输出间的能量平衡关系，从而实现对四象限运行时无刷直流电动机的功率级模拟。实验结果表明:所提出的功率级无刷直流电动机模拟器模拟精度高、实时性好、测试灵活，能够有效替代实物电动机和机械负载装置，满足电动机驱动控制器的测试需求。      

Space–Time Structure of Energetic Electron Precipitations according to the Data of Balloon Observations and Polar Satellite Measurements on February 1–6, 2015

Cosmic Research - The results of an analysis of the space–time characteristics and dynamics of precipitations of magnetospheric electrons with energies in the range from 0.1 to 0.7 MeV are...     

采用视觉伺服的月球样品容器夹持控制方法

嫦娥五号探测器月面采样封装任务需利用采样机械臂及其末端执行机构夹持样品容器,为克服非结构化月面环境对机械臂控制造成的不可知影响,确保精确夹持样品容器,提出并设计了一种视觉伺服样品容器夹持的控制方法和系统。系统通过固定安装相机和"眼在手"相机协同获取机械臂末端执行机构以及样品容器特征,采用扩展卡尔曼滤波算法对机械臂末端执行机构位姿的控制参数进行估计,消除控制位姿的轨迹抖动,实现了对样品容器的精确夹持。最后,通过分析在轨月球样品容器被夹持过程的数据和图像,验证了该视觉伺服控制方法和系统设计正确有效。     

Ionospheric total electron content response to annular solar eclipse on June 21, 2020

The effects of physical events on the ionosphere structure is an important field of study, especially for navigation and radio communication. The paper presents the spatio-temporal ionospheric TEC response to the recent annular solar eclipse on June 21, 2020, which spans across two continents, Africa and Asia, and 14 countries. This eclipse took place on the same day as the June Solstice. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based TEC data of the Global Ionosphere Maps (GIMs), 9 International GNSS Service (IGS) stations and FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 (F7/C2) were utilized to analyze TEC response during the eclipse. The phases of the TEC time series were determined by taking the difference of the observed TEC values on eclipse day from the previous 5-day median TEC values. The results showed clear depletions in the TEC time series on June 21. These decreases were between 1 and 9 TECU (15–60%) depending on the location of IGS stations. The depletions are relatively higher at the stations close to the path of annular eclipse than those farther away. Furthermore, a reduction of about ?10 TECU in the form of an equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) was observed in GIMs at ~20° away from the equator towards northpole, between 08:00–11:00 UT where its maximum phase is located in southeast Japan. Additionally, an overall depletion of ~10% was observed in F7/C2 derived TEC at an altitude of 240 km (hmF2) in all regions affected by the solar eclipse, whereas, significant TEC fluctuations between the altitudes of 100 km ? 140 km were analyzed using the Savitzky-Golay smoothing filter. To prove TEC depletions are not caused by space weather, the variation of the sunspot number (SSN), solar wind (V_SW), disturbance storm-time (Dst), and Kp indices were investigated from 16th to 22nd June. The quiet space weather before and during the solar eclipse proved that the observed depletions in the TEC time series and profiles were caused by the annular solar eclipse.     

具有复杂围护结构光学窗口的传热特性分析

针对具有复杂围护结构光学窗口传热特性,建立了高热流作用下的光学窗口及其复杂围护结构的辐射-导热传热模型,分别讨论了窗口的辐射半透明、光谱选择性、外部加热热流以及窗口尺寸对其瞬态温度响应的影响。结果表明,忽略窗口半透明特征会产生最大31.4%误差,忽略光谱选择性会产生最大40.4%误差;窗口外部气动加热热流影响显著,温度响应随热流的增大而急剧增大;窗口厚度对其传热特性的影响较大,随着厚度的增大窗口温度响应减小;而窗口半径产生的影响可忽略不计。