Determination of station positions and velocities from laser ranging observations to Ajisai,Starlette and Stella satellites

The positions and velocities of the four Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) stations: Yarragadee (7090), Greenbelt (7105), Graz (7839) and Herstmonceux (7840) from 5-year (2001–2005) SLR data of low orbiting satellites (LEO): Ajisai, Starlette and Stella were determined. The orbits of these satellites were computed from the data provided by 20 SLR stations. All orbital computations were performed by means of NASA Goddard’s GEODYN-II program. The geocentric coordinates were transformed to the topocentric North–South, East–West and Vertical components in reference to ITRF2005. The influence of the number of normal points per orbital arc and the empirical acceleration coefficients on the quality of station coordinates was studied. To get standard deviation of the coordinates determination lower than 1 cm, the number of the normal points per site had to be greater than 50. The computed positions and velocities were compared to those derived from LAGEOS-1/LAGEOS-2 data. Three parameters were used for this comparison: station coordinates stability, differences from ITRF2005 positions and velocities. The stability of coordinates of LEO satellites is significantly worse (17.8 mm) than those of LAGEOS (7.6 mm), the better results are for Ajisai (15.4 mm) than for Starlette/Stella (20.4 mm). The difference in positions between the computed values and ITRF2005 were little bit worse for Starlette/Stella (6.6 mm) than for LAGEOS (4.6 mm), the results for Ajisai were five times worse (29.7 mm) probably due to center of mass correction of this satellite. The station velocities with some exceptions were on the same level (≈1 mm/year) for all satellites. The results presented in this work show that results from Starlette/Stella are better than those from Ajisai for station coordinates determination. We can applied the data from LEO satellites, especially Starlette and Stella for determination of the SLR station coordinates but with two times lower accuracy than when using LAGEOS data.     

Crew autonomy for deep space exploration: Lessons from the Antarctic Search for Meteorites

Future piloted missions to explore asteroids, Mars, and other targets beyond the Moon will experience strict limitations on communication between vehicles in space and control centers on Earth. These limitations will require crews to operate with greater autonomy than any past space mission has demonstrated. The Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) project, which regularly sends small teams of researchers to remote parts of the southern continent, resembles a space mission in many ways but does not rely upon a control center. It provides a useful crew autonomy model for planners of future deep space exploration missions. In contrast to current space missions, ANSMET gives the crew the authority to adjust competing work priorities, task assignments, and daily schedules; allows the crew to be the primary monitor of mission progress; demands greater crew accountability for operational errors; requires the crew to make the most of limited communication bandwidth; adopts systems designed for simple operation and failure recovery; and grants the crew a leading role in the selection and stowage of their equipment.     

三维内转式进气道对双旁进气飞行器力矩特性的影响分析

为了研究三维内转式进气道对飞行器力矩特性的影响规律,对一系列设计状态为Ma=6.5的内转式进气道展开力矩特性研究。对不同布局形式,进气形式以及基准流场中心体的内转式进气道对飞行器力矩特性的影响展开分析研究。研究结果表明,对于内转式进气道而言,有连接板的水滴型进气道双侧布局力矩特性较优,且容易满足飞行器总体需求;布局形式对进气道的力矩特性影响最显著,进气形式对侧滑力矩的影响比基准流场中心体影响更明显,而抬头力矩和滚转力矩受基准流场中心体影响更加突出;中心体在0~0.1Rs(Rs为基准流场入口半径)变化时,抬头力矩变化不大,而在0.1~0.2Rs抬头力矩变化明显。     

资源卫星数据收集系统及其应用

简要说明了资源卫星数据收集系统(DCS)的原理、组成和特点,在对分布范围广、参数缓变和传输速率低的数据进行采集方面,资源卫星DCS具有很大的优势和很高的利用价值。结合环保监测应用的需求,对资源卫星DCS应用系统方案进行了详细设计。     

三点测距副站技术

设计和研制的两个副站（乌鲁木齐站和广州站）和北京的主站相互配合形成三点测距系统,可以完成对风云二号卫星的测距定轨任务。文章着重介绍了副站的组成、作用和功能技术指标等。它的设计方法与国外同类技术相比颇具特色。经过对日本气象卫星进行的几年跟踪测试,及最后通过对风云二号卫星执行任务的验证,确认了副站方案的可行性,设计的合理性。     

目标机动条件下的定点伴飞控制方法研究

对目标机动条件下的定点伴飞控制进行了研究。根据相对运动关系,建立适于伴飞模式的相对运动方程,将目标机动大小作为未知量加入相对运动方程,构建不确定系统。用LQR和Lyapunov法结合的方式设计相应定点伴飞控制律。理论证明了在目标机动时该控制律仍能实现系统的渐近稳定。仿真结果验证了该控制律的有效性。     

基于改进灰狼优化算法的电子干扰机空域划设

在现代化战争中,遂行突防任务的战斗机通常需要与电子干扰机协同配合,来完成特定的任务。为了更高效地利用空域资源,针对突防作战中干扰机的最优空域划设问题,在给出电子干扰下雷达探测范围、航线安全间隔以及有效干扰时间的基础上,建立电子干扰机的最优空域划设模型;在原始灰狼算法中将线性调节参数改为非线性调节参数,同时引入粒子群算法中的记忆功能,改进原始灰狼算法;并采用改进的灰狼优化算法寻找最优的空域基准点,进而确定电子干扰机的最优空域范围。结果表明:对于特定的突防任务,改进的灰狼优化算法比原始灰狼优化算法和粒子群算法更具优越性,能够快速、高效地找到最优的空域基准点;本文所建立的电子干扰机的最优空域划设模型是科学、有效的。     

一种空间超大型可展开柔性聚光器

面向空间太阳能电站（SSPS）对大口径太阳能聚光器的应用需求,提出一种超大型、轻量化、高精度的空间可展开柔性聚光器的新构型。采取理论建模、计算仿真、优化设计相结合的方法对其抛物面构型原理、展开机构折展原理、展开态结构稳定性、动态聚焦精度等问题进行研究,并完成大口径可展开柔性聚光器的设计。提出了基于多层弹性花瓣镜体复合结构的大口径柔性聚光器优化创新设计方法。由于采用薄板柔索结构,本聚光器具有精度高、展收体积比大、质量轻、在线控制简单等优点,为空间太阳能电站千米级聚光器提供一种创新设计方法。     

United Nations Human Space Technology Initiative (HSTI)

The Human Space Technology Initiative was launched in 2010 within the framework of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications implemented by the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the United Nations. It aims to involve more countries in activities related to human spaceflight and space exploration and to increase the benefits from the outcome of such activities through international cooperation, to make space exploration a truly international effort.     

The impact of orbital errors on the estimation of satellite clock errors and PPP

Precise satellite orbit and clocks are essential for providing high accuracy real-time PPP (Precise Point Positioning) service. However, by treating the predicted orbits as fixed, the orbital errors may be partially assimilated by the estimated satellite clock and hence impact the positioning solutions. This paper presents the impact analysis of errors in radial and tangential orbital components on the estimation of satellite clocks and PPP through theoretical study and experimental evaluation. The relationship between the compensation of the orbital errors by the satellite clocks and the satellite-station geometry is discussed in details. Based on the satellite clocks estimated with regional station networks of different sizes (∼100, ∼300, ∼500 and ∼700 km in radius), results indicated that the orbital errors compensated by the satellite clock estimates reduce as the size of the network increases. An interesting regional PPP mode based on the broadcast ephemeris and the corresponding estimated satellite clocks is proposed and evaluated through the numerical study. The impact of orbital errors in the broadcast ephemeris has shown to be negligible for PPP users in a regional network of a radius of ∼300 km, with positioning RMS of about 1.4, 1.4 and 3.7 cm for east, north and up component in the post-mission kinematic mode, comparable with 1.3, 1.3 and 3.6 cm using the precise orbits and the corresponding estimated clocks. Compared with the DGPS and RTK positioning, only the estimated satellite clocks are needed to be disseminated to PPP users for this approach. It can significantly alleviate the communication burdens and therefore can be beneficial to the real time applications.