基于Unscented卡尔曼滤波器的卫星自主天文导航研究

针对星光折射间接敏感地平的卫星自主天文导航方法，建立了带摄动项的状态方程和以星光视高度为观测量的量测方程。由于该状态方程和量测方程都是严重非线性的，利用推广的卡尔曼滤波器进行导航时精度较低。Unscented卡尔曼滤波是一种针对非线性系统的估计新方法。本文提出将Unscented卡尔曼滤波用于自主天文导航。计算机仿真结果显示Unscented卡尔曼滤波的估计精度远优于推广的卡尔曼滤波。     

基于MEP-UKF的组合导航滤波算法

针对目前应用于SINS／GPS组合导航系统中的扩展卡尔曼滤波(Extended Kalman
Filter, EKF)存在精度低、实时性差的缺点,提出一种基于模型误差预测(Model Error
Prediction, MEP)的Unscented 卡尔曼滤波(Unscented Kalman Filter,
UKF)。MEP-UKF滤波算法将惯性器件测量误差作为模型误差使用MEP进行实时预测的同时,采 用UKF估计载体的姿态、速度及位置等误差信息,并反馈给SINS系统来校正导航参数。MEP-U KF不仅克服了UKF必须假设惯性器件误差为高斯白噪声的局限性,而且降低了SINS／GPS组合 导航系统状态变量的维数,大大缩短了导航解算的时间。仿真结果表明,MEP-UKF的收敛速 度和滤波精度均明显优于EKF,更好地满足了工程应用中对导航精度和实时性的要求。     

火星EDL导航、制导与控制技术综述与展望

以成功着陆火星探测器的导航、制导与控制系统为典型代表,系统地总结了火星E DL导航、制导与控制技术的历史与现状,对各种已有技术的优缺点进行了对比分析,并以未 来的火星采样返回、载人登陆和火星基地任务为潜在工程应用目标,对下一代高精度火星ED L导航、制导与控制技术进行了比较全面的分析和展望。

     

一种考虑地球扁率的卫星自主导航方法研究

研究用2个红外地球敏感器和1个星敏感器实现卫星自主导航的方法,地心矢量的测量精度是影响导航精度的重要原因之一,而地心矢量的测量又受到地球扁率的影响.研究地球扁率对地心矢量测量的影响,并提出一种零姿态扁率误差补偿方法,通过仿真验证了这种导航方法及扁率误差补偿算法的有效性.     

非合作目标自主交会对接的椭圆蔓叶线势函数制导

针对非合作式航天器自主交会对接任务的安全性要求,提出了一种基于椭圆蔓叶线的人工势函数制导方法。首先根据视线坐标系建立了相对动力学方程与状态方程。进而应用人工势函数制导方法解决了非合作目标航天器自主交会对接与静态障碍物躲避问题,并且把势函数方法与椭圆蔓叶线函数相结合,解决了追踪航天器在接近目标航天器时运行在安全走廊中的安全性要求。应用Lyapunov稳定性理论证明了在所提出的制导方法控制下系统的稳定性。最后,用精确的数学模型进行了计算机数值仿真,验证了所提出的制导控制方法的正确性和有效性。
     

星间相对测量自主导航的改进容积卡尔曼滤波

针对仅利用星间相对位置测量的双星自主导航系统，提出一种基于可观度的改进容积卡尔曼滤波算法。该算法从系统可观度的物理意义出发，通过对预测协方差阵进行在线调整改善标准容积卡尔曼滤波算法对系统可观度敏感和不满足滤波拟一致性等问题。对具体算例进行数值仿真，校验了该改进容积卡尔曼滤波算法在基于星间相对位置测量的双星自主导航系统中的有效性，与标准容积卡尔曼滤波相比趋稳更快，精度更高。     

Evaluation of a Geiger-mode imaging flash lidar in the approach phase for autonomous safe landing on the Moon

The imaging flash lidar has been considered as a promising sensor for the future space missions such as autonomous safe landing, spacecraft rendezvous and docking due to its ability to provide a full 3D scene with a single or multiple laser pulses. The linear-mode flash lidar has been developed and demonstrated for an autonomous safe landing on the Moon in order to provide an accurate distance measurement to the landing site and its 3D image. Yet, the Geiger-mode flash lidar has also been recognized as an emerging technology for the space missions because it is highly sensitive even to a single photon and provides the very accurate timing of photon arrival. In this study, the performance of the Geiger-mode flash lidar is simulated in the approach phase and evaluated for the autonomous landing on the Moon. Furthermore, a new statistical signal processing algorithm is proposed to remove the noise counts in order to obtain the 3D image from a sequence of laser pulses in the situation of the fast moving spacecraft. The algorithm is shown to be effective for the autonomous landing due to its ability to remove noise events under the condition of low signal-to-noise ratio and improve ranging accuracy.     

Modified unscented Kalman filtering and its application in autonomous satellite navigation

In this paper, a modified unscented Kalman filter (UKF) for nonlinear stochastic systems is proposed, and it is applied to autonomous orbit determination for Earth satellites. Based on some standard results about the boundedness of stochastic processes and a new formulation of the unscented transformation (UT), it is demonstrated that the design of the noise covariance matrix plays an important role in enhancing the filter stability. Furthermore, a particular design of the noise covariance matrix is proposed as a modification of the UKF. The modified UKF is less sensitive to the initial error than the usual one. High performance of the modified UKF is illustrated in comparison with the usual one by using the real data obtained from an Earth sensor.     

Three frequency GNSS navigation prospect demonstrated with semi-simulated data

Three frequency GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) signals will be fully accessible in the near future. It is theoretically well-understood that the GNSS navigation performance could be improved with introduction of the third frequency signals. However it remains unclear what numerical improvements can be achieved in the varying navigation scenarios. In this paper, we numerically demonstrate the superior navigation prospect of three frequency GNSS compared to dual-frequency case. Since the third frequency pseudorange is not fully accessible at current stage, a semi-simulation method is firstly introduced to generate the third frequency pseudorange based on the dual-frequency GPS pseudorange and phase measurements. Then the three frequency navigation precision, availability and reliability are examined, compared with their dual-frequency counterparts in varying simulated navigation scenarios. The results show that with three frequency GNSS signals the navigation precision can be improved by 10% in both horizontal and vertical components. More promisingly, the availability of navigation solutions is significantly improved (even by 50% for some scenarios) with higher reliability.     

飞船自主应急返回控制参数确定方法及应用

当飞船在无地面测控支持的运行段飞行时,必须考虑故障情况下飞船自主返回应急着陆区的控制参数确定问题。本文根据飞船自主应急返回的主要特点和应急着陆区的选取原则,在分析飞船再入动力学过程和实际测量数据的基础上,确立了一种飞船自主应急返回的控制参数计算方法及流程,并简要介绍了该方法在“神舟4号”等飞船测控任务中的应用。