Assessment of the close approach frequency and collision probability for satellites in different configurations of large constellations

The Earth orbital environment is drastically changing due to an intensification of the space activities. In particular, several projects of large constellations, proposed for the next years for communications purpose like global internet access, Internet of Things, or for Earth observations, will lead to the deployment of several thousands of new satellites at an unprecedented rate. It is a crucial challenge for space traffic management, which will deal with a great number of satellite conjunctions, potentially causing a collision with damaging consequences for the constellation itself and the space environment sustainability.In this paper, we investigate the close approach frequency and the cumulative collision probability for each referenced constellation. For this purpose, we compute the orbital evolution of satellites in different constellations during the lifecycle, from the deployment to the decommissioning, and we apply the CUBE algorithm and the Foster method to assess the collision probability with the background space debris population assuming a constant uncertainty in position. We show the variation of risk defined by the close approach frequency and the cumulative collision probability as a function of the proposed configuration. In particular, satellites of the Iridium and Kuiper constellation, but also satellite of the Telesat constellation on polar orbits are the most exposed at a collision. Moreover, the decommissioning phase contribute for a major part to the final cumulative collision probability.     

A survey of safety separation management and collision avoidance approaches of civil UAS operating in integration national airspace system

Recent years have witnessed a booming of the industry of civil Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). As an emerging industry, the UAS industry has been attracting great attention from governments of all countries and the aviation industry. UAS are highly digitalized, informationized, and intelligent; therefore, their integration into the national airspace system has become an important trend in the development of civil aviation. However, the complexity of UAS operation poses great challenges to the traditional aviation regulatory system and technical means. How to prevent collisions between UASs and between UAS and manned aircraft to achieve safe and efficient operation in the integrated operating airspace has become a common challenge for industry and academia around the world. In recent years, the international community has carried out a great amount of work and experiments in the air traffic management of UAS and some of the key technologies. This paper attempts to make a review of the UAS separation management and key technologies in collision avoidance in the integrated airspace, mainly focusing on the current situation of UAS Traffic Management (UTM), safety separation standards, detection system, collision risk prediction, collision avoidance, safety risk assessment, etc., as well as an analysis of the bottlenecks that the current researches encountered and their development trends, so as to provide some insights and references for further research in this regard. Finally, this paper makes a further summary of some of the research highlights and challenges.     

哥伦布航天器对轨道碎片撞击危害的设计考虑

简要介绍了欧洲空间局在执行哥伦布计划期间，在载人压力舱和有人照料的自由飞行器的设计阶段。对微流量和轨道碎片撞击危害的防护研究方面所做的主要工作。     

Study on the breakup lengths of free round liquid jets

IntroductionBreakup and atomization of roundliquidjetshad been widely used in internal combustion en-gines,gas turbines,and liquid rocket engines.Recently,with the development of scramjet en-gines and the deepening of fuel atomization re-search,it attract…     

粘性气体中粘性液体射流分裂与雾化机理研究

采用线性稳定性分析的方法对粘性气体中的粘性液体射流的分裂与雾化机理进行了分析,数值计算表明:液体射流分裂与雾化过程中存在一临界气体韦伯数We2c=1,We2＜We2c对应的是射流分裂过程,We2＞We2c对应的是射流雾化过程,射流分裂过程和雾化过程的机理有所不同.当We2＜1时,We2对射流分裂过程具有稳定性的作用;当We2＞1时,We2对射流雾化过程起着不稳定性的作用.液体Reynolds数Re1在整个射流过程中始终起着不稳定性的作用,气体Reynolds数Re2的作用却相反.气液密度比Q,即气动力在整个射流分裂与雾化过程中始终起着不稳定性的作用.     

空间碎片碰撞预警研究

介绍了空间碎片的分布和危害，阐明了航天器进行碎片预警规避的必要性，讨论了碎片碰撞预警技术中的关键问题，用已有的碰撞和规避实例对自行研制的软件进行了计算检验，结果证明了软件的正确性，也说明了国内进行碎片预警工作的可行性．     

针栓式喷注器锥形液膜破碎特性试验

采用高速摄影获得了针栓式喷注器在不同喷注压降和结构参数下的表面波破碎图像,测量了锥形液膜的破碎长度和破碎时间,研究了变工况时液膜破碎长度和破碎时间的变化规律.试验结果表明:在喷注压降不变的条件下,针栓式喷注器能够实现流量的线性调节.针栓式喷注器设计时,在合理的推进剂动量比范围内,狭缝宽度应尽量取小.液膜在低工况时破碎得更快.液膜破碎长度和破碎时间均随喷注压降的增加而减小.      

A novel biased proportional navigation guidance law for close approach phase

A novel biased proportional navigation guidance (BPNG) law is proposed for the close approach phase, which aims to make the spacecraft rendezvous with the target in specific relative range and direction. Firstly, in order to describe the special guidance requirements, the concept of zero effort miss vector is proposed and the dangerous area where there exists collision risk for safety consideration is defined. Secondly, the BPNG, which decouples the range control and direc-tion control, is designed in the line-of-sight (LOS) rotation coordinate system. The theoretical anal-ysis proves that BPNG meets guidance requirements quite well. Thirdly, for the consideration of fuel consumption, the optimal biased proportional navigation guidance (OBPNG) law is derived by solving the Schwartz inequality. Finally, simulation results show that BPNG is effective for the close approach with the ability of evading the dangerous area and OBPNG consumes less fuel compared with BPNG.     

平板式预膜喷嘴初次雾化特性试验

为深入了解平板式预膜喷嘴初次雾化特性,试验研究不同进口条件对平板式预膜喷嘴初次雾化特性的影响规律。试验采用了背光照明和片状激光照明相结合的高频拍摄手段分别获得液膜俯视和侧视破碎形态,同时运用本征正交分解(POD)法和液膜边缘定位等分析方法进行光学图像结果后处理,获得表征平板式预膜喷嘴初次雾化特性三个物理量:液膜波动频率、破碎距离和横向不稳定波长。试验结果表明:①通过分析侧视和俯视破碎形态,平板式预膜喷嘴液膜破碎形态可分为三类:末端破碎、波浪脱落和表面剥离,进口韦伯数对预膜喷嘴破碎形态的影响占主导地位;②把POD法和液膜边缘定位方法等相结合方法应用到高频非接触光学喷嘴雾化图像的后处理分析中,是一种非常有效的数据后处理方法;③液膜初次雾化特性主要受到进口韦伯数和气液动量比的影响,破碎距离和横向不稳定波长都随进口韦伯数的增加而降低,液膜表面不稳定波动频率随进口韦伯数的增加而增加,所获得的经验关系式与试验数据吻合较好。所获得的进口参数对液膜破碎形态和雾化特性的影响规律为喷嘴后续优化设计提供了依据。     

流向强迫作用下的液体初始雾化机制及动力学特征

使用Volume of fluid (VOF)方法和基于树形数据结构的自适应算法来研究射流雾化的破碎过程以及扰动对射流破碎机理产生的影响。在无扰动情况下,液体射流的头部、液丝和液滴随着射流时间的发展不断发生演变。射流头部先呈现蘑菇状外形,随后液丝生成,并慢慢转变成网兜状,直至断裂形成小液滴。在周期性流向强迫的作用下,射流液柱的表面会形成周期波,其液丝破裂形成液滴的时机与稳定射流情形相比会有所提前,射流形成的头部更趋于扁平,最终生成的液滴数量更多。低中频阶段,随着扰动频率的增大,射流未扰动液柱长度(L)逐渐缩短,液滴直径的概率密度分布(PDF)趋于尖锐,液滴平均直径(SMD)增大。在高频阶段,随着扰动频率的增大,L会随之增大,液滴直径的PDF分布变得平缓,SMD会减小。