Langley method applied in study of aerosol optical depth in the Brazilian semiarid region using 500, 670 and 870 nm bands for sun photometer calibration

Due to the high costs of commercial monitoring instruments, a portable sun photometer was developed at INPE/CRN laboratories, operating in four bands, with two bands in the visible spectrum and two in near infrared. The instrument calibration process is performed by applying the classical Langley method. Application of the Langley’s methodology requires a site with high optical stability during the measurements, which is usually found in high altitudes. However, far from being an ideal site, Harrison et al. (1994) report success with applying the Langley method to some data for a site in Boulder, Colorado. Recently, Liu et al. (2011) show that low elevation sites, far away from urban and industrial centers can provide a stable optical depth, similar to high altitudes. In this study we investigated the feasibility of applying the methodology in the semiarid region of northeastern Brazil, far away from pollution areas with low altitudes, for sun photometer calibration. We investigated optical depth stability using two periods of measurements in the year during dry season in austral summer. The first one was in December when the native vegetation naturally dries, losing all its leaves and the second one was in September in the middle of the dry season when the vegetation is still with leaves. The data were distributed during four days in December 2012 and four days in September 2013 totaling eleven half days of collections between mornings and afternoons and by means of fitted line to the data V₀ values were found. Despite the high correlation between the collected data and the fitted line, the study showed a variation between the values of V₀ greater than allowed for sun photometer calibration. The lowest V₀ variation reached in this experiment with values lower than 3% for the bands 500, 670 and 870 nm are displayed in tables. The results indicate that the site needs to be better characterized with studies in more favorable periods, soon after the rainy season.     

Effects of optical parameter measurement uncertainties and solar irradiance fluctuations on solar sailing

The heliocentric orbital dynamics of a spacecraft propelled by a solar sail is affected by some uncertainty sources, including possible inaccuracies in the measurement of the sail film optical properties. Moreover, the solar radiation pressure, which is responsible for the solar sail propulsive acceleration generation, is not time-constant and is subject to fluctuations that are basically unpredictable and superimposed to the well-known 11-year solar activity cycle. In this context, this work aims at investigating the effects of such uncertainties on the actual heliocentric trajectory of a solar sail by means of stochastic simulations performed with a generalized polynomial chaos procedure. The numerical results give an estimation of their impact on the actual heliocentric trajectory and identify whether some of the uncertainty sources are more relevant than others. This is a fundamental information for directing more accurate theoretical and experimental efforts toward the most important parameters, in order to obtain an accurate knowledge of the solar sail thrust vector characteristics and, eventually, of the spacecraft heliocentric position.     

First astrometric observations of space debris with the MéO telescope

The MéO (for Métrologie Optique) telescope is the Satellite and Lunar Laser Ranging (SLR) dedicated telescope of Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (France) located at plateau de Calern. The telescope uses an altazimuth mount. The motorization of the mount has a capability of 6 deg/s allowing the follow up of Low Earth Orbits (LEO) satellites, as well as Medium Earth Orbits (MEO) and geostationary (GEO) satellites, and the Moon. The telescope has a primary mirror of 1.54 m. It uses a Nasmyth focus equipped with an EMCCD camera. The telescope field of view, defined by the equivalent focal length and the size of the camera, is currently 3.4 arcmin × 3.4 arcmin.     

Astrometric positioning and orbit determination of geostationary satellites

In the project titled “Astrometric Positioning of Geostationary Satellite” (PASAGE), carried out by the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada (ROA), optical observation techniques were developed to allow satellites to be located in the geostationary ring with angular accuracies of up to a few tenths of an arcsec. These techniques do not necessarily require the use of large telescopes or especially dark areas, and furthermore, because optical observation is a passive method, they could be directly applicable to the detection and monitoring of passive objects such as space debris in the geostationary ring.     

慢车抽真空状态转速摆动故障排除方法研究

以某型发动机慢车抽真空状态转速摆动故障为研究对象，对故障发生机理进行分析，制定相应的排故策略，并通过具体案例验证了排故措施的有效性。     

星间光通信中压电偏转系统控制算法研究

针对星间光通信中压电偏转系统通道间强耦合和系统状态量无法得到的问题，提出了分散式李亚普诺夫自适应控制系统。该系统采用分散式控制技术，引入非线性和参数漂移误差项，使通道间耦合作用动力学模型更加精确，增加自适应反馈和自适应前馈控制项，以提高控制自适应性和跟踪精度，并结合李亚普诺夫稳定性理论确定各自适应参数以保证系统的稳定性。仿真结果表明了该控制器可有效提高跟踪精度，抑制通道间耦合和卫星平台振动，从而证明了本文所提出控制方案的有效性和可靠性。     

绳系卫星释放及工作态动力学分析

考虑强系卫星系统强索质量的影响，导出三维空间动力学方程，运用Pontryagin极小值理论求出释放过程中张力优化控制规律；得到最佳释放速度变化曲线，对子星工作阶段进行动力学分析。讨论系统质心沿椭圆轨道运动与姿态运动的耦合，文中附有算例。     

用于空间光学仪器的镜子的轻量化研究

对用于空间光学仪器的镜子实施轻量化工艺的必要性作了阐述,并对轻量化镜子的材料及结构的选择作了讨论。用有限元计算法对轻量化镜子在外力作用下的变形情况进行了计算分析。最后,文中还具体介绍了镜子实施轻量化技术后的结果。     

开关磁阻电机在游梁抽油机的应用与分析

分析了游梁抽油机的负载特性,介绍了开关磁阻电机(SRM)的工作原理及其应用于抽油机电机的特点和优势,并分析探讨了SRM的控制结构及应用于抽油机系统的控制策略。基于模拟抽油机负荷特性建立的SRM试验平台进行了测试,结果表明SRM应用于抽油机有很高的运行效率和节能效果。SRM本身具有结构简单、可靠性高、控制灵活、调速性能好、运行效率高、温升低等优点,将其应用于抽油机系统有其独特的先天优势,能提高整个抽油机系统的运行效率和实现较好的节能效果。应用于新疆油田采油厂现场的测试结果进一步验证了该结论。     

CCD星敏感器光学系统设计

介绍ＣＣＤ星敏感器用光学系统设计的参数选择,光学系统的设计光谱范围０．４８、０．８５μｍ;焦距为７５ｍｍ,Ｆ／１．４４,视场８．５°。该系统为复杂化的Ｐｅｔｚｖａｌ结构形式;以点列图能量集中度和能量重心偏评价光学系统的成像质量。所选用的ＣＣＤ芯片像元尺寸为２３μｍ×２３μｍ,像元数３８４×２８８,全视场内混色光点列图能量重心偏最大值１．６μｍ,对应于４．３９角秒。