The adaptive Gaussian mixtures unscented Kalman filter for attitude determination using light curves

The Adaptive Gaussian Mixtures Unscented Kalman Filter (AGMUKF) is introduced to estimate the attitude of a Resident Space Object using light curves. This filter models the state probability density function as a Gaussian Mixture. This enables to capture the non-linearities of the light-curve measurement model. A non-linearity index is used to refine the mixture when necessary, and individual Gaussian kernels are merged back together when their relative distance is below a certain threshold. A conventional attitude Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) is used to propagate and update each kernel. The AGMUKF efficiently maintains the mixture population as low as possible, while still being able to represent non-symmetric, multimodal, arbitrarily complex distributions. Therefore, it is presented as a promising alternative to Particle-Filter-based implementations, the current state of the art used in sequential attitude estimation from light curves. The non-linearity index has been used to show that the measurement model is the main contributor to the system non-linearity. Results have demonstrated the superiority of the AGMUKF w.r.t. the UKF for attitude determination, and that it can converge for high initial state uncertainty cases, successfully capturing the non-Gaussian probability distribution of the state.     

Solar sail attitude control using shape variation of booms

Active attitude control of solar sails is required to control the direction of the force generated by Solar Radiation Pressure (SRP). It is desirable to control the attitude through propellant-free means. This paper proposes a new method for attitude control of solar sails: A boom consisting of “smart” structural material can be deformed by the piezoelectric actuator, and Solar Radiation Pressure torque will be generated due to shape variation of sail membrane caused by boom deformation. The method has the advantages of simple structure, small disturbance and small additional load, and is not limited by the size of the solar sail. The case of rendezvous with the Asteroid 2000 SG344 is used to verify the attitude control around the pitch and yaw axes.     

卫星拒止情况下低精度惯导系统航姿算法研究

在卫星拒止情况下,低精度MEMS惯导系统由于惯性器件性能较差,无法长时间保持姿态精度。从重力矢量及飞行器的动力学特性出发,提出了一种基于动态检测和Kalman数据融合的航姿算法。该算法从导航与飞控一体化的理念出发,实时判断飞行器机动和飞控状态,在低动态时利用Kalman滤波器对水平加速度和惯性解算的姿态角进行数据融合,估计和修正水平姿态误差,从而提高水平姿态精度。经过飞行仿真验证,该算法可有效完成飞行器的动态检测,并保证在系统机动情况下水平姿态误差在2°以内。     

Event-triggered and consensus-based attitude tracking alignment for discrete-time multiple spacecraft system exploiting interference

This paper presents a discrete-time attitude control strategy with equi-global practical stabilizability for aligning the attitude of multiple spacecraft to a predesigned configuration according to a time-variant reference. By utilizing the interference of the wireless channel, the communication scheme designed in this paper can save communication resources, amount of computation, and energy proportionally to the number of spacecraft. The exact discrete-time model and approximate discrete-time model of the consensus-based spacecraft tracking system are given. Then the framework for the design of an event-triggered control scheme for the exact discrete-time system via its approximate models is developed, which avoids the periodic actuation, and Zeno behavior is proved to be excluded. Furthermore, the control scheme can handle the presence of the unknown fading channel. Finally, simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the control strategy.     

试验运载器姿控总体优化设计技术

试验运载器在姿控动力系统空间布置紧张、控制力臂有限的情况下，要实现初始起控阶段大初始姿态偏差及气动干扰条件下的稳定控制，以及有效载荷释放阶段的多通道多次连续大角度调姿控制，给姿控系统的设计造成了困难。为此，通过鸭式直接力控制方案设计、多通道连续大角度调姿方案设计等技术，设计出了满足任务要求且性能良好的姿控总体方案。     

固体姿轨控发动机喉栓运动时序实验设计方法

固体姿轨控发动机通过伺服机构控制喉栓位移实现推力矢量调节。为实现推力精确调控，需拟合大量地面试验数据，得出发动机喉栓位移与推力矢量间的数学模型。提出了一种面向喉栓式固体轨控发动机喉栓运动时序实验设计方法，实现了单次试验中不同燃烧室理论压强及喉栓位移组合最大覆盖，为最低试验成本下精准构建喉栓位移与推力输出模型提供训练样本。以四阀固体轨控发动机作为对象，基于零维内弹道实现燃气发生器压强求解。采用Φp准则评估喉栓位置组合遍历性，并对其进行优化，获得合理的喉栓运动方案。算例结果证明实验设计后方案在整个运动周期内几乎遍历各种组合状态，较实验设计前Φp值提升近40%，验证了本文实验设计方法在时序工程问题中的优良性能。采用实验设计方法可提高固体姿轨控发动机地面试车数据利用效率。