月球重力场模型误差对CE-5T1探测器定轨的影响

利用嫦娥五号再入返回飞行试验拓展任务期间获取的探测器(CE-5T1)实测数据,采用内符合方法比较了3种重力场模型的实测数据定轨结果,发现采用GRAIL(Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory,重力恢复与内部实验室)重力场模型进行定轨的结果最优。相比于之前的嫦娥系列探测器定轨常用的LP(Lunar Prospector,月球勘探者)重力场模型,采用GRAIL重力场模型定轨后测距数据的残差降低了1个量级。进一步采用不同重力场模型进行轨道外推,定量分析重力场模型对不同类型轨道的影响,结果表明,对于倾角为90°的环月极轨道,不同重力场模型的轨道外推结果差异较小;而对于倾角为20°和40°的环月轨道,不同重力场模型的外推星历的偏差均方根可达到2km,大于当前环月探测器的定轨精度。为此,建议在后续探月任务中使用GRAIL重力场模型进行轨道确定。     

应用非线性模型预测控制的绳系卫星Halo轨道保持控制

针对哑铃型绳系卫星在圆形限制性三体问题(CRTBP)中的Halo轨道保持控制问题,应用非线性模型预测控制(NMPC)方法设计了Halo轨道保持控制器。首先采用摄动法得到目标Halo轨道,通过跟踪目标轨道上一运动点,将其转化为目标跟踪控制问题,然后设计非线性模型预测控制器对其进行跟踪控制。利用4阶Ronge-Kutta法对原非线性模型进行离散化,将预测控制中的有限时域最优问题转化为非线性规划问题进行求解,得到下一周期的控制量。最后通过数值仿真验证了即使在初始位置偏差较大的情况下,所设计的控制器只需要很少的速度增量就可使绳系卫星系统运动至目标轨道,并精确地保持在目标轨道上。     

高保真气动伺服弹性系统降阶技术研究

采用高保真非定常气动力辨识技术获得的气动伺服弹性(ASE)系统时域模型往往阶次较高,不利于控制系统设计的应用.为了有效降低高阶ASE系统阶次,研究了高保真ASE模型的降阶特性,分别采用平衡截断、奇异摄动以及平衡奇异摄动模型降阶技术,结合BACT系统讨论了各种方法在ASE模型降阶中的应用情况,通过仿真比较得知,平衡奇异摄动法应用于ASE模型的降阶具有一定的优势,可以大幅降低模型阶次,且能够保证降阶模型的精度.     

关于地球转移轨道碎片的轨道寿命问题

低轨卫星的轨道寿命主要取决于大气的耗散作用,其轨道在不断变小(即高度降低)变圆的状态下进入地球稠密大气层中陨落。但地球转移轨道(GTO)碎片的运行轨道是一个近地点高度为200km,远地点高度达36000km的大偏心率(e=0.73)椭圆轨道,其轨道寿命主要由第三体(日、月)引力摄动所决定,而且还与其轨道的初始状态有密切关系。本文将根据地球卫星轨道变化规律进行理论分析,阐明力学机制,并给出相应的数值验证。     

考虑相对几何约束的载人月面上升交会轨道研究

针对载人月面上升交会任务对任务快速性和自主性的高要求,基于共椭圆交会方案,将提升任务自主能力的相对测量条件和航天员的操控特点量化为着陆器与目标飞行器的相对几何约束,设计了载人月面上升交会轨道的参数。首先建立了载人月面上升交会飞行过程的时间、相位和速度增量解析模型,然后提出了相对几何约束模型,最后分析了入轨相位差随Lambert转移轨道半长轴单调递增的规律,提出了通过确定边界值来快速求解可行域的方法。仿真验证了方法的有效性,计算分析了任务周期、速度增量、相对距离在可行域内的取值情况,结果表明当目标环月轨道高度取300 km时,过渡轨道不应低于220 km,相对测量范围至少750 km。     

严格回归轨道自动生成算法及实现

近地太阳同步轨道卫星由平时轨道快速、精确机动至严格回归轨道是实现特定区域周期性重访的必要前提。为提高区域重访的快速响应能力,提出了一种严格回归轨道自动生成算法。首先根据重访区域的交点周期及重访周期要求,利用解析法快速生成初始严格回归轨道;然后基于太阳同步轨道特性并利用数值法进行多次寻优生成严格回归轨道,针对轨控时间、燃料消耗、偏心率等约束条件,给出了多脉冲轨控策略的具体实现;最后构建了轨道衰减的解析表达式,推导出严格回归轨道的控制窗口。结果表明:在国内可见弧度实施5天共5次轨道控制,卫星由太阳同步轨道机动至1天15圈的日回归轨道,区域重访周期约23h 59m 50s,燃料消耗59.9kg;在轨迹漂移量为5km的要求下,在标称轨道半长轴的基础上增加110.778m,轨迹网保持周期由15天延长至一个月以上,满足严格回归轨道重访要求。     

动量轮卸载对环月卫星SMART-1轨道的影响和定轨策略

动量轮卸载是卫星进行姿态控制的一种常用手段。通过对欧空局（ESA）首颗环月卫星SMART-1测轨资料的分析,计算了动量轮卸载对卫星轨道的影响,特别讨论了在动量轮卸载的精确信息未知时提高卫星定轨和预报精度的策略。计算表明,2006年5月29日至6月2日期间,SMART-1多达19次的动量轮卸载过程使得其轨道位置变化达到3km。如果不考虑动量轮卸载的影响,定轨结果相比于ESA重建轨道的位置误差最大可达742m。本文利用分段常数的经验加速度模型来模制动量轮卸载产生的小推力。计算表明,即使动量轮卸载的精确信息未知,采用该方法也可显著提高定轨和预报精度,定轨位置误差最大下降到246m。计算还表明,经验加速度的合理选择（周期性、常数或线性经验加速度）决定定轨精度的改善程度。考虑到我国的首颗探月卫星“嫦娥一号”也将采用动量轮卸载的方式进行姿态控制,本文的结论对我国的探月工程有一定的借鉴意义。     

基于倾角、偏心率隔离的静止轨道多星共位保持策略研究

随着地球静止轨道卫星的增加,有越来越多的静止轨道卫星采用多星共位的方式运行。本文在分析基于倾角、偏心率隔离的多星共位方法的基础上,对共位卫星采用非同步联合控制的保持策略进行了研究,并以三星共位为例对其进行了仿真分析。仿真结果表明,采用非同步联合控制的保持策略可以实现三星的共位运行。     

近地卫星严格回归轨道保持控制

研究了近地卫星基于严格回归参考轨道的轨道保持控制方法：将卫星编队理论引入单星绝对轨道保持控制,提出了"虚拟卫星编队"的概念,分析了卫星轨道相对于参考空间轨迹在轨道摄动情况下的偏离状态及变化趋势,然后根据卫星编队相对运动学,推导出了偏离状态与虚拟卫星编队构形参数之间的对应关系,并设计了以轨道参数超调、偏置及阈值触发为特征的管道保持控制策略。数值仿真结果表明,使用该控制策略能够将卫星轨道保持在以空间参考轨迹为中心的轨道管道内,并且有效减少了因周期性轨道摄动波动造成的管道保持控制量和控制频次。研究成果对于有空间轨迹回归要求的卫星轨道保持控制具有指导意义。     

中继卫星星间天线指向误差传播率研究

基于中继卫星星间天线对用户航天器的跟踪规律,建立了准确的误差传递模型,并对分析结果进行了仿真验证。文中首先定义了误差传递模型所需的各类坐标系;然后使用微分方法分别建立了中继卫星轨道误差传递模型、中继卫星姿态误差传递模型,分析了滚动角、俯仰角和偏航角与指向精度之间的关系,以及位置保持控制对指向精度的影响;最后借助于STK软件的轨道计算功能,使用蒙特卡罗方法进行数学仿真,仿真结果验证了误差传递模型的准确性。     

Lunar orbital science

Summary Orbital science has, to the present, concentrated on studies of force fields, particles, and visible photography. Cameras have been the major scientific instrument (it could be debated that for geodesy and gravity the entire spacecraft represents an instrument), and geology has been the principle benefactor. Photography has also been essential for the manned landing program, which would not have been possible on the schedule followed without the detailed Lunar Orbiter pictures.Orbital tracking data indicates that the Moon is almost homogeneous with perhaps a slight increase in density with depth. Significant analysis of the higher gravity harmonics have identified localized, near surface gravity highs that appear to be associated with circular maria. The Moon does not have a significant magnetic field of its own, and the solar wind appears to impinge directly on the surface. Russian and United States evidence on micrometeorite fluxes near the Moon is conflicting, but probably there is a decrease in flux compared to that near the Earth.Photographic evidence indicates that both impact and volcanic action has shaped the lunar surface. Mass movements of surface material and surface erosional effects are clearly evident. Surface water in the past, or near surface permafrost now, are definite possibilities to explain the sinuous rills. Faulting, both regional and local, is evident, as is probably horizontal layering near the surface.The United States space program is embarking on a broad program of orbital science including nearly the entire spectra of remote sensing. Approved orbital missions extend through 1972 and will be carried out in conjunction with manned landings. Emphasis will be placed on determining the extent and degree of surface variations between and within lunar provinces and the nature and strength of the lunar spectrum. Information obtained from the surface missions and the returned lunar samples will be invaluable in helping us to design orbital instruments and interpret the results.Missions after 1972 undoubtedly will carry more sophisticated instruments that will give us definitive information on the geochemical nature of the lunar surface and interior.Copies of NASA-issued documents may be obtained by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Information about, and data from, U.S. space missions, including photographs, can be obtained from the National Space Science Data Center, Code 601, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771.     

Overview of Differential VLBI Observations of Lunar Orbiters in SELENE (Kaguya) for Precise Orbit Determination and Lunar Gravity Field Study

The Japanese lunar explorer SELENE (Kaguya), which was launched on September 14th, 2007, was the target of VLBI observations over the period November 2007 to June 2009. These observations were made in order to improve the lunar gravity field model, in particular the lower degree coefficients and the model near the limb. Differential VLBI Radio sources, called VRAD instruments, were on-board the subsatellites, Rstar (Okina) and Vstar (Ouna), and the radio signals were observed by the Japanese VERA (VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry) network, and an international VLBI network. Multi-frequency and same-beam VLBI techniques were utilized and were essential aspects of the successful observing program. Multi-frequency VLBI was employed in order to improve the accuracy of the orbit determination obtained from the phase delay from the narrow-band satellite signals, while the same-beam VLBI method was used to resolve the cycle ambiguity which is inherent in the multi-frequency VLBI method. The observations were made at three S-band frequencies (2212, 2218 and 2287 MHz), and one X-band frequency (8456 MHz). We have succeeded in correlating the recorded signals from Okina/Ouna, and we obtained phase delays with an accuracy of several pico-seconds at S-band.     

First Results from ARTEMIS, a New Two-Spacecraft Lunar Mission: Counter-Streaming Plasma Populations in the Lunar Wake

We present observations from the first passage through the lunar plasma wake by one of two spacecraft comprising ARTEMIS (Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence, and Electrodynamics of the Moon??s Interaction with the Sun), a new lunar mission that re-tasks two of five probes from the THEMIS magnetospheric mission. On Feb 13, 2010, ARTEMIS probe P1 passed through the wake at ??3.5 lunar radii downstream from the Moon, in a region between those explored by Wind and the Lunar Prospector, Kaguya, Chandrayaan, and Chang??E missions. ARTEMIS observed interpenetrating proton, alpha particle, and electron populations refilling the wake along magnetic field lines from both flanks. The characteristics of these distributions match expectations from self-similar models of plasma expansion into vacuum, with an asymmetric character likely driven by a combination of a tilted interplanetary magnetic field and an anisotropic incident solar wind electron population. On this flyby, ARTEMIS provided unprecedented measurements of the interpenetrating beams of both electrons and ions naturally produced by the filtration and acceleration effects of electric fields set up during the refilling process. ARTEMIS also measured electrostatic oscillations closely correlated with counter-streaming electron beams in the wake, as previously hypothesized but never before directly measured. These observations demonstrate the capability of the comprehensively instrumented ARTEMIS spacecraft and the potential for new lunar science from this unique two spacecraft constellation.     

滑转条件下月球车轮沉陷模型研究

 月球车在月面行驶时,为保证月球车的通过性能,应尽量避免沉陷。然而传统车辆沉陷量数学模型不适用于动态滑转条件下的月球车,为此对月球车行驶时车轮沉陷量的计算模型进行了研究。基于车辆地面力学理论,从模拟月壤力学参数和滑转率两个方面,在适合于刚性轮静态沉陷计算模型基础上建立了适用于滑转条件下月球车轮的沉陷计算模型。通过轮壤土槽试验,将试验测得的月球车轮沉陷量与模型计算得到的沉陷量进行比较,验证了修正模型的正确性。所研究的模型能够为滑转条件下月球车沉陷量的预测提供理论技术基础。     

Lunar Ranging, Gravitomagnetism, and APOLLO

The technique of lunar laser ranging (LLR) has for many decades contributed to cutting-edge tests of the fundamental nature of gravity. These include the best tests to date of the strong equivalence principle, the time-rate-of-change of the gravitational constant, gravitomagnetism, the inverse square law, and preferred frame effects. The phenomenologies of each are briefly discussed, followed by an extended discussion of gravitomagnetism. Finally, the new APOLLO project is summarized, which achieves range precision as low as one millimeter.     

月球着陆器软着陆状态跳跃半主动控制

 将磁流变阻尼器应用到月球着陆器着陆机构中,进行减震与缓冲。考虑到着陆初始姿态角的不定和月面斜角的未知,建立起着陆器软着陆动力学模型。基于磁流变液在高速流与长冲程时的阻尼特性,分析了磁流变阻尼器的力学特性。应用安全角面的概念定义安全着陆所要求的着陆初始姿态角与月面斜角之间的关系,建立状态跳跃控制策略,实现软着陆半主动控制。通过与某型被动控制的着陆器进行对比分析,研究了半主动控制。研究结果表明：当允许的最大加速度响应不超过8g时,磁流变半主动状态跳跃控制的安全角面为理想安全角面的0.977 4,是被动控制安全角面的4.2倍,最大加速度变化的相对标准差为被动控制的0.59;而且当着陆初始姿态角以及月面斜角很大时,月球着陆器姿态角变化少,保证月球着陆器平稳着陆。     

双月球近旁转向探月初步分析

分析了双月球近旁转向实现对月球多次探测的原理。基于圆锥曲线拼接法，建立了双月球近旁转向的简化数学模型．给出了一个初步分析算例，并与考虑精确动力学模型下的算例进行了比较。结果表明，该方法的结果同精确算例基本吻合，是一种有效的方法。     

Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector for the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

The design of the Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector (LEND) experiment is presented, which was optimized to address several of the primary measurement requirements of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): high spatial resolution hydrogen mapping of the Moon’s upper-most surface, identification of putative deposits of appreciable near-surface water ice in the Moon’s polar cold traps, and characterization of the human-relevant space radiation environment in lunar orbit. A comprehensive program of LEND instrument physical calibrations is discussed and the baseline scenario of LEND observations from the primary LRO lunar orbit is presented. LEND data products will be useful for determining the next stages of the emerging global lunar exploration program, and they will facilitate the study of the physics of hydrogen implantation and diffusion in the regolith, test the presence of water ice deposits in lunar cold polar traps, and investigate the role of neutrons within the radiation environment of the shallow lunar surface.     

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment

The Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be the first instrument to systematically map the global thermal state of the Moon and its diurnal and seasonal variability. Diviner will measure reflected solar and emitted infrared radiation in nine spectral channels with wavelengths ranging from 0.3 to 400 microns. The resulting measurements will enable characterization of the lunar thermal environment, mapping surface properties such as thermal inertia, rock abundance and silicate mineralogy, and determination of the locations and temperatures of volatile cold traps in the lunar polar regions.