空间拦截修正比例导引律研究

基于追踪导引律和比例导引律,提出了一种新的空间拦截末制导律。通过调整两种导引法的系数决定其在导引法中的权重。考虑空间末段拦截的具体情况,在相对运动方程进行线性化处理的基础上可以得出运动方程的解析解。将非线性方程得出的数值解和这种导引律的解析解相比,仿真表明这种方法的解析解与数值解一致,且避免了最优制导复杂的解析结果。     

Avionics for manned spacecraft

The author describes the avionic equipment for manned spacecraft, past, present, and future. He treats the four classic avionic systems-crew interface, flight control, navigation, and communication-and adds a fifth called subsystem management which refers to the monitoring and reconfiguration of equipment when faults occur. He starts by describing the functions of spacecraft avionics in general. He then discusses what he considers to have been the first manned spacecraft, the X-15. He continues with the early US and Soviet spacecraft (including their space stations), the US shuttle, and the European Spacelab. He concludes with projections for the avionics in future manned spacecraft, such as the US Space Station, a lunar base, and planetary explorers     

Space: where are we headed?

In a new column, the author reviews NASA space activities since the beginning of 2003 and looks at plans for the future. Topics include the Space Shuttle Columbia, what's in store for the International Space Station (ISS), the development of an orbital space plane, orbiter safety upgrades, and the future of space exploration and research beyond the ISS. He presents arguments for sending astronauts to asteroids, the Moon, and Mars.     

The High Energy Telescope for STEREO

The IMPACT investigation for the STEREO Mission includes a complement of Solar Energetic Particle instruments on each of the two STEREO spacecraft. Of these instruments, the High Energy Telescopes (HETs) provide the highest energy measurements. This paper describes the HETs in detail, including the scientific objectives, the sensors, the overall mechanical and electrical design, and the on-board software. The HETs are designed to measure the abundances and energy spectra of electrons, protons, He, and heavier nuclei up to Fe in interplanetary space. For protons and He that stop in the HET, the kinetic energy range corresponds to ～13 to 40 MeV/n. Protons that do not stop in the telescope (referred to as penetrating protons) are measured up to ～100 MeV/n, as are penetrating He. For stopping He, the individual isotopes ³He and ⁴He can be distinguished. Stopping electrons are measured in the energy range ～0.7–6 MeV.     

微型航天器与空间非合作目标交会制导方法

星载设备能力有限的微型航天器在与空间非合作目标交会任务开始前,存放在空间轨道平台内,为了使其完成此项任务,需要设计制导方法。本文首先根据希尔（C-W）方程,设计了初制导律,然后在视线坐标系内建立了微型航天器与非合作目标间的相对运动方程,并设计了空间交会自寻的末制导律。交会任务开始时,为节省微型航天器的燃料,轨道平台根据初制导律以一定速度及释放角度释放微型航天器,微型航天器进入交会轨道,在初制导的作用下,经过若干个过渡轨道周期后接近空间非合作目标,并为末制导提供良好的交班条件,当末制导导引设备捕获并跟踪目标后可通过自寻的末制导最终完成与空间非合作目标交会任务。     

四元数在伴随卫星姿态控制中的应用

针对传统的欧拉角方法不适用于航天器大幅度姿态机动运动的数值仿真。研究了用四元 空间站伴随卫星的姿态控制问题。介绍了空间站伴随卫星的概念及任务;根据航天器动力学方程,利用李雅普诺夫直接法推导出用四元数表示的空间站伴随卫星姿态控制律,并对该控制律进行了仿真计算,仿真结果表明,所推导的控制律能对空间站伴随卫星进行准确、快速的姿态控制。     

The past as prologue: a look at historical flight qualificationsfor space nuclear systems

The author examines what it means to flight qualify a space nuclear system. He reviews several qualification programs, including the general-purpose heat source radioisotope thermoelectric generators (GPHS-RTGs) as developed for the Galilee and Ulysses missions, the SNAP-10A space reactor, the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA), the F-1 chemical engine used on the Saturn-V, and the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs). Similarities and contrasts are noted     

A Lyapunov-like approach to performance analysis of 3-dimensionalpure PNG laws

The 3-dimensional PPNG (pure proportional navigation guidance) law was proposed about forty years ago, but its performance has been analyzed only on the basis of the linearized trajectory equations, which are valid locally around the collision course. We take into full account the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of pursuit situation in the 3-dimensional space to analyze the performance of the 3-dimensional PPNG law more rigorously. We prove that a missile guided by the 3-dimensional PPNG law can always intercept a target maneuvering randomly in the 3-dimensional space if 1) the target acceleration varies with a known bound, 2) the navigation constant is selected large, and either 3a) the initial heading error is small or 3b) the missile keeps the head toward the target during flight. We also propose a modified PNG law, which seems to exhibit better performance at the final phase of pursuit than the conventional PPNG law. We introduce a Lyapunov-like method that proves to be a very powerful tool in obtaining our results     

Conversations. With Norman Thagard [interview by Johan Benson

This article is an interview with U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard. He was on the Russian Mir 18 mission. Launched to the space station from Baikonur on March 14, 1995, he returned to Earth on the Shuttle 115 days later. With the completion of that mission, Thagard holds the U.S. record for the most time spent in space. Topics of discussion during the interview include: the cultural isolation faced by an American astronaut on a Russian space facility; the physiological and psychological effects of long-duration space flight; the problems of loss of bone and the radiation environment; readaptation to gravity on Earth; and, recommendations to the designers of the Alpha station.     

超音速反舰导弹突防的三维制导建模研究

三维变轨制导律的设计是超音速反舰导弹提高突防能力的有效方法。为了深入研究超音速反舰导弹变轨突防的三维制导规律,针对反舰导弹、拦截弹和目标舰艇之间相对运动的特点,分别建立了三维空间中反舰导弹与拦截弹和反舰导弹与目标舰艇的相对运动矢量方程及其视线速率方程,为超音速反舰导弹变轨突防的三维制导规律研究与仿真提供了基础和前提。     

基于比例导引的空间交会寻的段飞行任务设计

比例导引涉及的参数测量和控制手段简便,常被用作空间拦截的制导算法。基于该制导算法,在相对运动参数测量条件较弱的情况下,对空间交会对接寻的段飞行任务进行了设计。采用C-W制导算法,对寻的段飞行任务的标称轨道进行了设计。推导了基于固定推力发动机的比例导引轨道控制模型,并利用该模型对寻的段轨道进行了控制。通过仿真计算验证了所给出的比例导引模型的有效性。     

Applications of Brayton cycle technology to space power

The Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) power conversion cycle can be used with a wide range of heat sources for space power applications. These heat sources include solar concentrator, radioisotope, and reactor. With a solar concentrator, a solar dynamic ground demonstration test using existing Brayton components is being assembled for testing at NASA Lewis Research Center (LeRC). This 2-kWe system has a turbine inlet temperature of 1015 K and is a complete end-to-end simulation of the Space Station Freedom solar dynamic design. With a radioisotope heat source, a 1-kWe Dynamic Isotope Power System (DIPS) is under development using an existing turboalternator compressor (TAC) for testing at the same NASA-LeRC facility. This DIPS unit is being developed as a replacement to Radioisotopic Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) to conserve the Pu-238 supply for interplanetary exploration. With a reactor heat source, many studies have been performed coupling the SP-100 reactor with a Brayton power conversion cycle. Applications for this reactor/CBC system include global communications satellites and electric propulsion for interplanetary exploration. applications. The CBC consists of a heater, turboalternator compressor (TAC), cooler, and recuperator. A mixture of He and Xe is used as the working fluid in the CBC system. The He provides superior heat transfer characteristics in the heater, cooler, and recuperator. The Xe adjusts the molecular weight to provide superior aerodynamic performance for maximized turbine and compressor efficiency. Cycle studies are performed to select the optimum He/Xe molecular weight or He to Xe mixture ratio. The following presents the characteristics and advantages of using the CBC for space power applications, CBC development status, characteristics and applications of the CBC with each of the heat sources, and finally performance projections     

A Note on the Application of the Basic Kinematical Law

A set of guidelines is presented for correctly deriving the motion equations for a space vehicle by using the basic law of kinematics.     

空间电动力绳系电流峰值点变化规律研究

为研究电流峰值点在几种影响因素下的变化规律,建立一种能够捕捉绳系电子发射与收集自洽平衡过程的新算法——电路空间耦合算法。为验证该方法的计算精度,以1.35kW霍尔推力器为等离子体源,在真空舱内开展绳系的电荷收集试验,在电路参数方面,计算精度约为12.8%,在场参数方面,计算精度约为3.6%。在此基础上,针对不同偏置电压、绳系长度以及绳系直径,对绳系的绳上电流分布、电势分布以及空间电势分布等参数进行数值计算。结果显示:电动力绳系的电流峰值点会随着偏置电压升高、绳系长度增加及绳系直径增大而发生比例上的向阳极端漂移,揭示了电子轨道运动限制的机制在各类壁面电荷输运机制中占优,导致电流峰值点漂移的产生。     

考虑运动耦合的BTT导弹三维制导律设计

针对倾斜转弯(BTT)导弹制导过程中的双通道耦合问题,设计了一种新型三维(3D)制导律。首先,通过矢量描述的方式,将导弹运动学模型分解成俯冲、转弯和耦合3项,俯冲和转弯两项在笛卡儿坐标系下描述,耦合项则在SO(3)空间中描述。然后,针对无终端约束和有终端约束情况,分别采用比例控制和SO(3)群上的广义比例-微分(PD)控制方式进行了相应的制导律设计。所得制导律既克服了李群方法的结构复杂性,又避免了解耦方法的信息损失。仿真表明,所设计的制导律能够满足BTT导弹精确制导的要求。     

柔性臂空间机器人的一类运动学方程及轨迹规划

用柔性机械臂连杆末端的弹性变形以及变形角度来表示空间机器人柔性臂的弹性运动变量,克服了用无穷维振动模态变量来表示弹性变形给系统运动学建模带来的困难;基于广义雅可比矩阵的思想,建立了柔性臂空间机器人"双广义雅可比矩阵"形式的运动学模型,该运动学模型描述了柔性臂弹性变形对空间机器人的运动影响;以运动学方程为基础,设计了柔性臂空间机器人的惯性空间内连续轨迹规划算法。仿真表明,规划的机械臂关节运动规律可以补偿柔性连杆振动给机械臂末端位置带来的影响,使机械臂末端位置准确沿着期望的轨迹运动。     

过虚拟交班点的能量最优制导律

针对固定目标的导弹过虚拟交班点制导问题，在希尔伯特空间下，基于最优化理论设计了有无终端落角约束两种情况下的全局能量最优制导律。通过对模型进行线性化，将提出的最优制导模型转化为线性二次型最优控制问题，在此基础上利用零控脱靶量（ZEM）概念对系统模型进行降阶，并推导出解析解。设计的制导律可以使导弹准确经过虚拟交班点，并实现期望终端落角。仿真结果表明，与经典制导律对比，该制导律可以显著减少全局控制能量消耗。     

Jets Downstream of Collisionless Shocks

Space Science Reviews - Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies in solar and space plasma environments. While energy spectra of accelerated electrons often exhibit a power law,...     

Singularity radius gradient-based rapid singularity-escape steering law for SGCMGs

In order to visualize singularity of SGCMGs in gimbal angle space, a novel continuous bounded singularity parameter--Singularity Radius, whose sign can distinctly determine singularity type, is proposed. Then a rapid singularity-escape steering law is proposed basing on gradient of Singularity Radius and residual base vector to drive the SGCMG system to neighboring singular boundary, and quickly escape elliptic singularities. Finally, simulation results on Pyramid-type and skew-type configuration demonstrate the effectiveness and rapidness of the proposed steering law.