能使小卫星利用TDRSS和DRS的新型S波段用户转发器的开发

在CSA(加拿大空间局)支持下,按ESA/ESTEC合同,一种小型S波段转发器即将问世。CAL公司是主承包商,英国国际卫星有限公司为主要予承包商。这种小型S波段用户转发器(也称SUT)主要用于小卫星,是一种独立、不带备份的、双标准TTC(测控)转发器、相对于目前市场上的双标准转发器,本转发器采用的灵活设计方案,可满足多种技术要求和基本特性指标,而功耗、重量以及重复生产成本都很低。当然大卫星上也可使用这种小型S波段转发器。     

HIGH TEMPERATURE MOIRE INTERFEROMETRY TECHNOLOGY

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为航天任务服务的地-地通信

本文叙述了目前的NASA通信同(NASCOM)以及该网为所有NASA航天计划提供长途工作通信的发展过程。还介绍了为满足80年代NASA远程通信要求而正在实施的一些方案和技术。     

OPTICAL TELEPHONE CORD PASSING THROUGH LONG PIPE WITH SPIRAL FLOW

A new effective technique, useful in telecommunications industry for passing an optical telephone cord attached to a connector through pipeline,has been developed using the spiral flow. Using this technique, the cord could be passed through a straight pipeline 150 meters long and a roll of vinyl tube 50 meters long. However, under the same condition, the cord could not pass through when using the turbulent flow. To obtain a high speed stable spiral flow, a nozzle with an annular slit connected to a conical cylinder was used. A pressurized fluid with no tangential flow was supplied through this slit and the fluid, passing through the conical cylinder, was deformed into spiral flow with the steeper axial velocity distribution compared to that of turbulence pipe flow due to Coanda effect and instability. As a result, the cord was attracted to the axis area of the pipe, which effectively increased the ability for the work of cord passing. This high ability for cord passing is attributed mainly to the reduct     

前掠翼根部流动分离的控制

 在风洞和水洞中研究了机翼根部修形、活动边条、固定边条、边条襟翼和链接边条在控制前掠翼根部流动分离方面的作用。分析了上述措施对机翼流动的干扰机理及其对气动性能的影响。研究结果表明,各种措施对控制前掠翼根部流动分离均有明显效果,可提高大迎角升阻特性,改善纵向力矩特性和配平能力。固定边条和边条襟翼还可改善中小迎角的升阻性能,链接边条和边条襟翼则可使失速性能提高。加鸭翼后上述气动收益更加明显。     

X波段数据就地接收对改善用户服务及降低EO系统成本的重要性

通过一个大型地区性地面站系统很难满足大量潜在EO(对地观测)用户对廉价、及时获取数据的需求。由于大多数用户只需要当地数据(高仰角的),BURS公司设计建造了一个廉价X波段接收机系统,利用不到3米的天线可采集90°弧段范围内卫星(ERS-SAR,SPOT和JERS)发射的信号,其关键性部件是一个4贴片天线接收机系统。该系统锁定到S波段信标信号上,为闭环反馈跟踪系统产生位置误差信号。该系统采用了新颖液压驱动装置控制轻便型抛物面天线的俯仰,运动。接收到的X波段数据随后被送入一台或多台PC机。开发这种设备对未来EO系统的设计及运行操作具有深远意义。一种可能性就是多颗低价格/低功率小卫星配合当地自筹资金服务网建立的众多地面接收机构成EO系统。     

下一代数字式GPS接收机

讨论由 collins 公司制造的下一代(NGR)数字化 GPS 接收机的结构和技术特点。该计划的目的是开发一种具有较高抗干扰能力的高级 GPS 接收机单片设备(chipset)。计划始于1985年,为不载人和载人飞行器提供小型化接收机技术。目前用于战术导弹的两通道接收机的研制工作已全面开展,用来替换标准高动态接收机 RCVR-3A 型的五通道接收机正在测试和评估中。NGR 设计是从国防高级研究计划机构(DARPA)开发手提式 GPS 接收机使用的数字信号处理体系结构入手的,改进后可提高抗干扰和信号捕获性能。使用可生产、合格及便宜的硅单片微波集成电路(MMIC)和半商品化的数字技术开发 GPS 核心单片设备。另外,所采用的系统设计方法允许重复使用成熟的和确认过的 GPS 软件。     

VLSI processors for signal detection in SETI

The objective of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is to locate an artificially created signal coming from a distant star. This is done in two steps: (1) spectral analysis of an incoming radio frequency band, and (2) pattern detection for narrow-band signals. Both steps are computationally expensive and require the development of specially designed computer architectures. To reduce the size and cost of the SETI signal detection machine, two custom VLSI chips are under development. The first chip, the SETI DSP Engine, is used in the spectrum analyzer and is specially designed to compute Discrete Fourier Transforms (DFTs). It is a high-speed arithmetic processor that has two adders, one multiplier-accumulator, and three four-port memories. The second chip is a new type of Content-Addressable Memory. It is the heart of an associative processor that is used for pattern detection. Both chips incorporate many innovative circuits and architectural features.