近圆轨道卫星编队捕获技术研究

基于近圆参考轨道的假设,研究处于同一入轨点多颗卫星的编队捕获方法,首先由高斯型拉格朗日轨道摄动运动方程得到轨道坐标系中控制冲量与轨道根数偏差的关系,基于近圆轨道的条件简化并带入相对运动方程,得到控制冲量与相对运动的关系表达式;通过深入分析各个方向(径向、沿迹向与轨道面法向)的控制冲量对相对运动的影响,给出了分别用径向与轨道面法向控制冲量组合和沿迹向与轨道面法向控制冲量组合实现编队捕获的两种控制策略;最后给出了一个空间圆编队捕获实例,并从燃料消耗、施加冲量次数及捕获时间等角度对比研究了两种控制策略的特点．仿真结果表明,这两种控制策略简单、实用,能够较好地解决近圆轨道卫星编队的捕获问题．

Satellite Formation Establishing in Near Circular Orbit

Based on the assumption of near circular orbit, a method to establish a formation flying with multiple satellites in the same point of orbit-intry was discussed. Firstly, from Gauss' equations and relative motion equations, the relation of control impulse and relative motion was expressed as analysis formulas and simplified based on the near circular condition. By deeply analyzing the mechanism of impulses in each directions (radial, in-track and cross-track directions) effect on relative motion respectively, two maneuvers to establish formation flying are provided: one is to utilize the impulses in radial and cross-track directions, the other is to utilize the impulses in along-track and cross-track directions. Both of the two methods can establish satellite formation flying of any configuration. The method with impulses irradial and cross-track directions needs only 3 impulses, while the method with impulses in along-back and cross-track directions needs 4 impulses. Lastly, by an example of establishing a space-circle formation flying, two maneuvers were compared with each other in the amount of impulses and fuel consuming estimation. Simulations show that the methods are simple and practical, which could solve the establishing problem of satellite formations on near circular orbit easily.