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.     

Accurate approximation of in-ecliptic trajectories for E-sail with constant pitch angle

Propellantless continuous-thrust propulsion systems, such as electric solar wind sails, may be successfully used for new space missions, especially those requiring high-energy orbit transfers. When the mass-to-thrust ratio is sufficiently large, the spacecraft trajectory is characterized by long flight times with a number of revolutions around the Sun. The corresponding mission analysis, especially when addressed within an optimal context, requires a significant amount of simulation effort. Analytical trajectories are therefore useful aids in a preliminary phase of mission design, even though exact solution are very difficult to obtain. The aim of this paper is to present an accurate, analytical, approximation of the spacecraft trajectory generated by an electric solar wind sail with a constant pitch angle, using the latest mathematical model of the thrust vector. Assuming a heliocentric circular parking orbit and a two-dimensional scenario, the simulation results show that the proposed equations are able to accurately describe the actual spacecraft trajectory for a long time interval when the propulsive acceleration magnitude is sufficiently small.     

航天任务飞行控制分析系统的设计和应用

介绍了一个基于windows环境下的多任务航天任务飞行控制分析系统的设计以及实际应用,该系统为任务分析人员、指挥决策人员在任务准备、实施中快速灵活地进行各种复杂条件下的航天任务分析提供了可视化的操作平台以及全面的图表和文字报告。系统采用数据库技术,为用户提供了各种航天器参数和测站参数等信息。文中介绍了该系统的软件结构、数学模型和功能设计,并给出了具体的仿真应用。     

开放式飞行任务规划方法

本文给出了一种基于分布式黑板结构的开放式飞行任务规划方法，简要叙述了飞行器飞行任务规划的概念和其独特要求，并对飞行任务规划的数据预处理、知识表达、规划方法作了深入的探讨。最后介绍了分布式黑板的结构和运行方式。     

某武器装备上设备可靠性增长试验技术问题

某武器装备上的设备是全新研制的,并采用了许多新技术,可靠性偏低。为解决这一问题,除了开展可靠性设计外,还必须开展可靠性增长试验。文章依据国军标相关标准,并结合该产品特点,提出了做好可靠性增长方案的几个步骤,绘出了设备可靠性增长计划曲线,同时给出了可靠性增长试验剖面,阐述了试验监控与结果评估方法。     

星载铷原子频标的可靠性强化试验

针对影响星载铷原子频标可靠性的环境因素进行了分析,确定了影响星载铷原子频标可靠性的主要环境敏感应力,根据可靠性强化试验理论和星载铷原子频标的技术特点,设计了可靠性强化试验方案。依据此方案对新研制的某型星载铷原子频标工程样机实施了可靠性强化试验。试验结果表明,该方案对确定该型号铷原子频标样机工作极限、激发其潜在缺陷,均有较好的效果,从而为实现星载铷原子频标的可靠性增长提供了新的思路。同时本研究对同类高可靠航天产品的可靠性增长可提供借鉴。     

KuaFu Mission

The KuaFu mission-Space Storms, Aurora and Space Weather Explorer-is an "L1+Polar" triple satellite project composed of three spacecraft: KuaFu-A will be located at L1 and have instruments to observe solar EUV and FUV emissions, and white-light Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), and to measure radio waves, the local plasma and magnetic field,and high-energy particles. KuaFuB1 and KuaFu- B2 will bein polar orbits chosen to facilitate continuous 24 hours a day observation of the north polar Aurora Oval. The KuaFu mission is designed to observe the complete chain of disturbances from the solar atmosphere to geospace, including solar flares, CMEs, interplanetary clouds, shock waves, and their geo-effects, such as magnetospheric sub-storms and magnetic storms, and auroral activities. The mission may start at the next solar maximum (launch in about 2012), and with an initial mission lifetime of two to three years. KuaFu data will be used for the scientific study of space weather phenomena, and will be used for space weather monitoring and forecast purposes. The overall mission design, instrument complement, and incorporation of recent technologies will target new fundamental science, advance our understanding of the physical processes underlying space weather, and raise the standard of end-to-end monitoring of the Sun-Earth system.     

美国航空预研计划及其管理

首先根据世界航空工业发展形势，以美国近期的十二项典型重大航空预研计划为例，叙述其预研计划所包括的内容及执行效果，最后，透过所述的预研计划，分析了美国航空预研计划及其管理的特点，并对我国航空技术预研工作提出几点建议。     

基于姿态偏置的卫星天线方向图在轨测试实现

针对静止轨道通信卫星在轨测试期间天线方向图测试的需求,分析了天线方向图测试的方法。针对利用姿态机动进行天线方向图测试问题,给出了地面操作及操作计划制订方法,并通过工程实际验证了该方法的有效性。     

新一代运载火箭

综述了国内外运载火箭的现状 ,指出了国内运载火箭技术上的差距以及研制新一代运载火箭的必要性与基本思路 ,提出了新一代运载火箭的总体技术方案 ,并对方案论证与工程实施中的几个主要问题进行了探讨