Updated TUS space fluorescence detector for study of UHECR

The TUS (Tracking Ultra-violet Set up) space fluorescence detector has to be launched in 2010 as a separated platform in Foton (Bion) mission prepared by the Samara enterprise. This detector was designed for another satellite and the updated variant of the TUS detector for a new platform is presented. The data on UV glow of the atmosphere obtained in operation of one pixel of the TUS detector on board the Moscow State University “Universitetsky-Tatiana” satellite was taken into account in design of the updated TUS detector. The data on UV transient flashes registered in “Universitetsky-Tatiana” mission are of special interest. Electronics of the TUS detector able to select and register different types of UV events in the atmosphere is presented.     

The Mars Environment Analogue Platform long duration balloon flight

The MEAP (Mars Environment Analogue Platform) mission was to fly a stratospheric balloon on a semicircular trajectory around the North Pole in summer 2008. The balloon platform carried the high-resolution neutral gas mass spectrometer P-BACE (Polar Balloon Atmospheric Composition Experiment) as scientific payload. MEAP/P-BACE is a joint project between the Esrange Space Center, Sweden, the University of Bern, Switzerland and the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Kiruna, Sweden. Mission objectives were to validate the platform for future long duration flights around the North pole, to validate the P-BACE instrument design for planetary mission applications (conditions in the Earth stratosphere are similar to the conditions at the Mars surface), to study variation of the stratospheric composition during the flight and to gain experience in balloon based mass spectrometry. All objectives were fulfilled.     

国际空间站智能在轨运行进展及启示

空间站作为近地空间的大型平台,具备长期飞行与空间科学探索能力.随着在轨任务的不断增加,高效空间站在轨运行管理成为挑战性的难题.人工智能与航天技术的深度融合,使得空间站在轨运行逐步向智能化发展,航天器在轨运行智能化已成为必然趋势.本文对国际空间站（International Space Station,ISS）在轨智能化发展历程进行了深入分析,调研人工智能技术在其健康管理、任务规划与调度、任务操作和人机交互中的应用,以期对未来中国空间站的智能在轨运行提供启示.      

Progress on Space Solar Telescope in 2002-2004

The progress on Chinese Space Solar Telescope (SST) in 2002-2004 is introduced. The documentations on plans and outlines based on the standards of Chinese aerospace industry for SST mission has been fulfilled. The key technical problems of SST satellite platform and payloads are tackled during pre-study stage of the mission. The laboratory assembly and calibration of the main optical telescope of 1.2 m spherical mirror and 1 m plain mirror have been carried out with the accuracy of λ/40 and λ/30, respectively. The prototype at 17.1 nm for extreme ultraviolet telescope is under development and manufacture with a diameter of 13 cm. Its primary and secondary mirrors have a manufacturing error of 5nm with a roughness degree of less than 0.5 nm and a multiplayer reflection factor of better than 20%. The on-board scientific data processing unit has been developed. Prototypes for other payloads such as H and white light telescope, wide band spectroscopy in high energy and solar and interplanetary radio spectrometer have been developed accordingly.     

Progress on Solar Physics Research in China

The progress on Chinese Space Solar Telescope (SST) in 2002-2004 is introduced. The documentations on plans and outlines based on the standards of Chinese aerospace industry for SST mission has been fulfilled. The key technical problems of SST satellite platform and payloads are tackled during pre-study stage of the mission. The laboratory assembly and calibration of the main optical telescope of 1.2 m spherical mirror and 1 m plain mirror have been carried out with the accuracy of λ/40 and λ/30, respectively. The prototype at 17.1 nm for extreme ultraviolet telescope is under development and manufacture with a diameter of 13 cm. Its primary and secondary mirrors have a manufacturing error of 5 nm with a roughness degree of less than 0.5 nm and a multiplayer reflection factor of better than 20%. The on-board scientific data processing unit has been developed. Prototypes for other payloads such as H. and white light telescope, wide band spectroscopy in high energy and solar and interplanetary radio spectrometer have been developed accordingly.     

多约束多星快响巡察任务规划方法

多星快响巡察任务是指多个目标卫星出现不明状况,巡察服务平台在短时间内进行轨道转移,携带多个子航天器对目标进行飞越巡察。对于该问题的任务规划,首先基于共面机动给出了平台调相策略并建立了满足光照和机动能力等约束的巡察窗口筛选计算模型;其次提出了一种贪婪搜索和多轮规划的方法,用于确定任务分配方案和巡察次序;最后在高精度轨道模型下验证了方法的有效性并将该方法与混合编码遗传算法进行了对比。在算例中,该方法的优化效果稍优于混合编码遗传算法,而且求解效率是后者的约227倍,表明贪婪搜索和多轮规划方法更适用该问题的高效求解。     

无人直升机地面监控电子地图的设计与实现

为满足共轴式无人直升机飞行实时监测的要求,在Windows平台下,设计了地面监控系统中的电子地图导航模块,配合系统的显示模块、任务规划执行模块和通信模块,实现了飞行参数获取、航迹规划、飞行航迹实时显示等功能.介绍了电子导航地图的功能,分析MapInfo组件的功能和特点,阐述在Visual C+ +环境下基于MapInfo组件开发共轴式无人直升机地面监控系统电子导航地图的方法.通过引入MapX控件和应用MFC(Microsoft Foundation Classes),实现系统对共轴式无人直升机的监控和电子导航地图的经纬度范围的自适应调整,在电子导航地图应用上提出了一套简单全面的实践方案,同时给出了方案的实现步骤和部分关键代码.      

小天体探测自主绕飞智能规划建模

针对小天体探测存在显著通讯延迟、任务执行效率低等问题,梳理了小天体探测智能规划需求,面向自主绕飞任务开展了智能规划研究。首先将该问题分解为平台任务智能规划和载荷任务智能规划两部分。针对平台任务智能规划问题,基于PDDL语言设计了探测器自主管理知识模型,提出了基于状态时间线扩展的求解算法;针对任务智能规划问题,建立了基于CSP问题的智能规划数学模型,提出了基于遗传策略的求解算法。最后开发了仿真系统进行算法验证。仿真结果表明:该方法可综合平台与载荷需求,在存储、能源、通信等多种约束条件下,对绕飞探测任务进行统一的任务规划,并得到指令序列和动作序列,能够提高任务管控的智能化程度,降低任务操作的复杂性。     

The development of the European retrievable carrier "EURECA".

Having successfully completed its first flight on 1 July 1993 the design and operational concepts of EURECA are reviewed against the experience gained from the development and first mission of EURECA. Designed as a precursor to free flying and recoverable elements of a future space station scenario the cost-effectivity, flexibility and user friendliness of the EURECA as a multi-disciplinary research platform is substantiated.     

燃料电池无人机动力系统半实物仿真

针对燃料电池无人机（UAV）动力系统飞行测试困难的问题,为了提升动力系统设计与开发水平,以燃料电池、锂电池、DC/DC功率转换器、电子调速器和直流无刷电机组成的动力系统作为实物介入,无人机动力学、自动驾驶仪、螺旋桨、飞行环境等数学模型为软件部分,无人机的油门信号控制及飞行过程中电机的载荷等为模拟仿真部分,以信号发生器、测功机及扭矩加载装置为软硬件接口,设计并搭建了燃料电池无人机动力系统半实物（HIL）仿真平台。面向典型任务剖面,基于状态机管理策略,对燃料电池/锂电池电动无人机的动力系统进行了半实物仿真研究,分析了半实物仿真平台和管理策略的有效性和实用性。      

Future X-ray astronomy missions of Japan

Japanese future space programs for high energy astrophysics are presented. The Astro-E2 mission which is the recovery mission of the lost Astro-E has been approved and now scheduled to be put in orbit in early 2005. The design of the whole spacecraft remains the same as that of Astro-E, except for some improvements in the scientific instruments. In spite of the five years of delay, Astro-E2 is still powerful and timely X-ray mission, because of the high energy resolution spectroscopy (FWHM 6 eV in 0.3–10 keV) and high-sensitivity wide-band spectroscopy (0.3–600 keV). The NeXT (New X-ray Telescope) mission, which we propose to have around 2010, succeeds and extends the science which Astro-E2 will open. It will carry five or six sets of X-ray telescopes which utilize super-mirror technology to enable hard X-ray imaging up to 60–80 keV. In mid-2010s, we would participate in the European XEUS mission, which explores the early (z>5) “hot” universe.     

大行程Hexapod平台及其隔振实验

为提高车载、机载光学设备在低频大振幅扰动环境中的观测精度,研制了具有6自由度振动隔离能力的大行程主动隔振平台.平台主动元件采用直线电机,并针对隔振任务设计了无间隙万向节结构.隔振平台采用6-UPS并联机构Hexapod构型,具有30 kg承载能力,上平面可进行±30 mm平动和±8°转动.Hexapod平台控制方法采用PID(Proportion-Integral-Derivative)定位控制和X滤波自适应逆振动控制结合的方法.对Hexapod平台进行3～20 Hz垂直方向正弦振动隔离实验结果显示,平台对基座振动的振幅隔离幅度高于90%,对5～20 Hz频段随机振动隔离实验结果显示,隔振前后上平面振幅峰峰值下降78%.     

Rapid impactor sample return (RISR) mission scenario

Due to the long lead time and great expense of traditional sample return mission plans to Mars or other astronomical bodies, there is a need for a new and innovative way to return materials, potentially at a lower cost. The Rapid Impactor Sample Return (RISR) mission is one such proposal. The general mission scenario involves a single pass of Mars, a Martian moon or an asteroid at high speeds (7 km/s), with the sample return vehicle skimming just 1 or 2 m above a high point (such as a top ridge on Olympus Mons on Mars) and releasing an impactor. The impactor strikes the ground, throwing up debris. The debris with roughly the same forward velocity will be captured by the sample return vehicle and returned to Earth. There is no delay or orbit in the vicinity of Mars or the asteroid: RISR is a one-pass mission. This paper discusses some of the details of the proposal. Calculations are presented that address the question of how much material can be recovered with this technique. There are concerns about the effect of Mars tenuous atmosphere. However, it will be noted that such issues do not occur for RISR style missions to Phobos, Deimos, or asteroids and Near Earth Objects (NEOs). Recent test results in the missile defense community (IFTs 6–8 in 2001, 2002) have scored direct hits at better than 1 m accuracy with closing velocities of 7.6 km/s, giving the belief that accuracy and sensing issues are developed to a point that the RISR mission scenario is feasible.     

An overview of RADOM results for earth and moon radiation environment on Chandrayaan-1 satellite

The RADiatiOn Monitor (RADOM) is a miniature dosimeter-spectrometer that flew onboard the Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission in order to monitor the local radiation environment. Primary objective of the RADOM experiment was to measure the total absorbed dose, flux of surrounding energetic particles and spectrum of the deposited energy from high energy particles both en-route and in lunar orbit. RADOM was the first experiment to be switched on after the launch of Chandrayaan-1 and was operational until the end of the mission. This paper summarizes the observations carried out by RADOM during the entire life time (22 October 2008–31 August 2009) of the Chandrayaan-1 mission and compares the measurement by RADOM with the radiation belt models such as AP-8, AE-8 and CRRESS.     

太阳爆发抵近探测——“触碰计划”

本文旨在介绍一项具有重大科学意义和应用价值的深空探测任务构想.该任务将对驱动恒星大尺度爆发过程的中心结构(即磁重联电流片)进行抵近(原位)探测,主要目的是详细研究发生在离地球最近的恒星—太阳上的大尺度磁重联过程的精细物理特征,揭示太阳系中最为剧烈的能量释放过程(即太阳爆发或太阳风暴)的奥秘.该任务的科学目标:磁重联过程...     

Systems design of a hybrid sail pole-sitter

This paper presents the preliminary systems design of a pole-sitter. This is a spacecraft that hovers over an Earth pole, creating a platform for full hemispheric observation of the polar regions, as well as direct-link telecommunications. To provide the necessary thrust, a hybrid propulsion system combines a solar sail with a more mature solar electric propulsion (SEP) thruster. Previous work by the authors showed that the combination of the two allows lower propellant mass fractions, at the cost of increased system complexity. This paper compares the pure SEP spacecraft with the hybrid spacecraft in terms of the launch mass necessary to deliver a certain payload for a given mission duration. A mass budget is proposed, and the conditions investigated under which the hybrid sail saves on the initial spacecraft initial mass. It is found that the hybrid spacecraft with near- to mid-term sail technology has a lower initial mass than the SEP case if the mission duration is 7 years or more, with greater benefits for longer duration missions. The hybrid spacecraft with far-term sail technology outperforms the pure SEP case even for short missions.     

Dark Matter Particle Explorer:The First Chinese Cosmic Ray and Hard γ-ray Detector in Space

The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) mission is one of the five scientific space science missions within the framework of the Strategic Pioneer Program on Space Science of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) approved in 2011. The main scientific objective of DAMPE is to detect electrons and photons in the range of 5GeV-10TeV with unprecedented energy resolution (1.5% at 100GeV) in order to identify possible Dark Matter (DM) signatures. It will also measure the flux of nuclei up to above 500TeV with excellent energy resolution (40% at 800GeV), which will bring new insights to the origin and propagation high energy cosmic rays. With its excellent photon detection capability, the DAMPE mission is well placed for new discoveries in high energy-ray astronomy as well.      

卫星高功能密度综合电子系统设计

微小卫星综合电子系统承载了卫星大部分功能，是卫星任务处理和控制的中心，未来新的智能化应用、星群应用、通信服务等需求也将由卫星执行，对综合电子系统提出了新的要求。分析了国外典型小卫星综合电子系统，具有功能综合度高、多数功能集中在一台计算机中、卫星功能软件化的特点。设计了基于软件定义的综合电子系统一体化结构，硬件采用高度集成的模块化设计，软件采用分层和组件化设计，将系统功能进行分层，通过软件定义组件的方式实现各层功能和业务。高功能密度综合电子系统由一个通用化的高性能硬件平台和各种可加载的APP软件组成，除传统功能外，还可扩展自主任务管理、星间组网和载荷管理等功能，不仅使卫星的集成度和功能密度大幅提升，还能实现卫星功能重构，达到一星多用、一星多能的目的，有利于紧急时期卫星系统快速构建与应用，对于未来星座组网应用也具有一定意义。