空间太阳望远镜热光学环境试验技术

空间太阳望远镜在轨期间,空间环境温度变化会严重影响望远镜成像质量,降低分辨率,因此空间太阳望远镜在模拟空间环境下的热光学试验是其研制过程中的关键技术之一。文章介绍了国外部分空间望远镜的热光学试验及低温光学试验设备,并针对国内空间太阳望远镜的研制和试验研究,提出了一些建设性的意见。     

基于相似参数的冲压发动机调节规律设计方法

调节规律对于冲压发动机设计,运行和控制都是十分重要的,冲压发动机工作在宽马赫数、大空域的范围内,由于冲压发动机工作状态受到多种因素影响,冲压发动机调节规律设计将是比较困难的。本文基于马赫数相似准则,定义了用以描述冲压发动机相似工作状态的相似参数,并给出了冲压发动机调节规律的设计方法,仿真结果表明了此方法是有效和简单化的,具有较好的工程应用价值。     

基于虚拟仪器的多参量数据采集系统软件设计

结合虚拟仪器多参量数据采集系统的软件设计,简述虚拟仪器技术的基本概念、LabWindows/CVI的功能与特点,重点介绍数据采集卡的驱动、虚拟仪器软件的开发方法和实现技术,并给出多路信号数据采集程序实例。利用标准信号及实验信号对所设计的系统进行测试,通过实验调试,结果显示软件工作正常。     

一种用于条带模式SAR成像的自聚焦算法

 针对现有条带模式合成孔径雷达（SAR）成像的自聚焦算法中,相位的拼接会引起误差的严重积累,本文结合相位梯度自聚焦（PGA）算法和子孔径偏移（MD）算法,提出了一种新的用于条带模式SAR成像的自聚焦算法（PGA-MD）。该算法先利用PGA算法有效估计各子孔径相位误差函数,再利用相邻子图间方位向偏移量和线性相位之间的关系,通过MD算法精确估计相邻子图间方位向偏移量,然后计算线性相位差,并基于—阶导数实现子孔径相位误差函数拼接。理论分析以及实测数据处理结果对比均表明PGA-MD算法可以有效提高对条带SAR图像的自聚焦效果。     

磁选态单束铯束管铯原子速率分布的模拟计算

对铯炉准直器出口铯原子束的速率分布和角分布进行抽样,用蒙特卡罗方法模拟计算磁选态单束铯束管中五个关键位置的铯原子不同能级态的速率分布。结果是检测器处的铯原子速率分布不再符合麦克斯韦分布,分布密度最大值对应速率不随铯炉温度改变,只和束光学设计的参数有关。此模拟计算对指导磁选态铯束管束光学的设计有较大帮助。     

Radio/FADS/IMU integrated navigation for Mars entry

Supposing future orbiting and landing collaborative exploration mission as the potential project background, this paper addresses the issue of Mars entry integrated navigation using radio beacon, flush air data sensing system (FADS), and inertial measurement unit (IMU). The range and Doppler information sensed from an orbiting radio beacon, the dynamic pressure and heating data sensed from flush air data sensing system, and acceleration and attitude angular rate outputs from an inertial measurement unit are integrated in an unscented Kalman filter to perform state estimation and suppress the system and measurement noise. Computer simulations show that the proposed integrated navigation scheme can enhance the navigation accuracy, which enables precise entry guidance for the given Mars orbiting and landing collaborative exploration mission.     

A study of GPS ionospheric scintillations observed at Shenzhen

Ionospheric scintillation variations are studied using GPS measurements at the low latitude station of Shenzhen (22.59°N, 113.97°E), situated under the northern crest of the equatorial anomaly region, from the Chinese Meridian Project. The results are presented for data collected during the current phase of rising solar activity (low to high solar activity) from December 2010 to April 2014. The results show that GPS scintillation events were largely a nighttime phenomenon during the whole observation period. Scintillation events mainly occurred along the inner edge of the northern crest of the equatorial anomaly in China. The occurrence of scintillations in different sectors of the sky was also investigated, and the results revealed that it is more likely for the scintillations to be observed in the west sector of the sky above Shenzhen. During the present period of study, a total number of 512 total electron content (TEC) depletions and 460 lock loss events were observed. In addition, both of these events are likely to increase during periods of high solar activity, especially because the strong scintillations are often simultaneously accompanied by TEC depletions and lock losses by GPS receivers.     

In-orbit operation and performance of the CubeSat Soft X-ray polarimeter PolarLight

PolarLight is a compact soft X-ray polarimeter onboard a CubeSat, which was launched into a low-Earth orbit on October 29, 2018. In March 2019, PolarLight started full operation, and since then, regular observations with the Crab nebula, Sco X-1, and background regions have been conducted. Here we report the operation, calibration, and performance of PolarLight in the orbit. Based on these, we discuss how one can run a low-cost, shared CubeSat for space astronomy, and how CubeSats can play a role in modern space astronomy for technical demonstration, science observations, and student training.     

A new inversion algorithm for HF sky-wave backscatter ionograms

HF sky-wave backscatter sounding system is capable of measuring the large-scale, two-dimensional (2-D) distributions of ionospheric electron density. The leading edge (LE) of a backscatter ionogram (BSI) is widely used for ionospheric inversion since it is hardly affected by any factors other than ionospheric electron density. Traditional BSI inversion methods have failed to distinguish LEs associated with different ionospheric layers, and simply utilize the minimum group path of each operating frequency, which generally corresponds to the LE associated with the F₂ layer. Consequently, while the inversion results can provide accurate profiles of the F region below the F₂ peak, the diagnostics may not be so effective for other ionospheric layers. In order to resolve this issue, we present a new BSI inversion method using LEs associated with different layers, which can further improve the accuracy of electron density distribution, especially the profile of the ionospheric layers below the F₂ region. The efficiency of the algorithm is evaluated by computing the mean and the standard deviation of the differences between inverted parameter values and true values obtained from both vertical and oblique incidence sounding. Test results clearly manifest that the method we have developed outputs more accurate electron density profiles due to improvements to acquire the profiles of the layers below the F₂ region. Our study can further improve the current BSI inversion methods on the reconstruction of 2-D electron density distribution in a vertical plane aligned with the direction of sounding.     

Numerical Simulation of Characteristics of CEX Ions in Ion Thruster Optical System

Charge exchange(CEX) ions could inflict severe damages on the ion thruster optical system. This article is aimed at investigating the characteristics of the CEX ions and their influences upon the optical system by means of particle-in- cell(PIC) ion simulation and Monte Carlo collision(MCC) methods. The results from numerical simulation indicate that despite the fact that CEX ions appear in the entire beamlet region near the ion optical system, the ones that present themselves downstream of the accelerator grid have good reason for attracting more attention. As their trajectories are significantly affected by the local electric field, a great number of CEX ions are accelerated toward grids resulting in sputtering erosion. When the influences of the CEX ions are considered in the numerical simulation, there could hardly be observed augments in the screen grid current, but the accelerator grid current increases from zero to 1. 4% of the beamlet current. It can be understood from the numerical simulation that the CEX ions formed in the region far downstream of the accelerator grid should be blamed for the erosion on the downstream surface of the accelerator grid.