Integrated orbit and attitude hardware-in-the-loop simulations for autonomous satellite formation flying

Development and experiment of an integrated orbit and attitude hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulator for autonomous satellite formation flying are presented. The integrated simulator system consists of an orbit HIL simulator for orbit determination and control, and an attitude HIL simulator for attitude determination and control. The integrated simulator involves four processes (orbit determination, orbit control, attitude determination, and attitude control), which interact with each other in the same way as actual flight processes do. Orbit determination is conducted by a relative navigation algorithm using double-difference GPS measurements based on the extended Kalman filter (EKF). Orbit control is performed by a state-dependent Riccati equation (SDRE) technique that is utilized as a nonlinear controller for the formation control problem. Attitude is determined from an attitude heading reference system (AHRS) sensor, and a proportional-derivative (PD) feedback controller is used to control the attitude HIL simulator using three momentum wheel assemblies. Integrated orbit and attitude simulations are performed for a formation reconfiguration scenario. By performing the four processes adequately, the desired formation reconfiguration from a baseline of 500–1000 m was achieved with meter-level position error and millimeter-level relative position navigation. This HIL simulation demonstrates the performance of the integrated HIL simulator and the feasibility of the applied algorithms in a real-time environment. Furthermore, the integrated HIL simulator system developed in the current study can be used as a ground-based testing environment to reproduce possible actual satellite formation operations.     

FY-3(05)星主动对月定标控制技术研究

月球是低轨气象卫星载荷进行外定标的一个理想目标,不同载荷通过观测月球可以建立统一的参考基准,提高相互之间的数据匹配性.对于低轨卫星,月球一般每月一次进入载荷的视场,但停留时间只有几秒钟.为进一步提高对月定标的观测时长,积累更多的观测数据,本文针对低轨偏置动量卫星提出了一种主动对月定标控制方案,通过卫星平台的姿态控制,使...     

基于粒子群优化的直升机飞行控制律设计方法

针对直升机强耦合特性导致飞行控制律设计难度高的问题,提出了一种基于粒子群优化算法的改进线性二次型调节器(Linear quadratic regulator,LQR)设计方法.针对直升机的线化状态空间模型,基于LQR设计方法建立了直升机飞行控制律全状态反馈矩阵的基本求解算法;以系统稳定性为约束,以最大化主状态反馈系数影...     

面向空间目标相对轨道确定的编队优化方法

针对提高空间目标相对轨道确定精度的问题，研究了在主航天器轨道运动受限时，通过设计和优化辅航天器相对轨道要素的航天器编队优化方法。首先，介绍了基于扩展卡尔曼滤波的双视线测量相对轨道确定方法；之后，通过研究双视线测量下的空间目标定位误差变化规律，得到了减小定位误差的角度条件；然后，通过分析该角度条件和辅航天器相对轨道要素的关系，设计并采用遗传算法优化了辅航天器相对轨道；最后，数学仿真结果表明，设计的编队可保证目标相对位置估计误差收敛，优化后的编队可使目标相对位置估计误差减小至0.3 km且不超过1.2 km。     

一种单低轨星北斗备份与辅助方法及在轨验证

在低轨卫星上搭载导航载荷,为北斗系统提供有效的备份及辅助性能提升手段,是近年来卫星导航领域专家学者探讨的热点问题.针对全球卫星导航系统信号在恶劣电磁环境下的受扰问题,提出了一种利用单颗低轨卫星实现北斗备份和辅助的方法.北斗备份是指通过单颗低轨星独立为地面用户提供导航服务.北斗辅助是指利用单颗低轨星信号及信息,为地面用户...     

Very low thrust station-keeping for low Earth orbiting satellites

Traditional station-keeping for Earth observation satellites with chemical thrusters generally involves maneuvers every couple months that are able to change significantly the semi-major axis and the inclination. These strategies do not scale down to very low thrust level (a few hundreds of μN) electrical thrusters. This paper presents both in-plane and out-of-plane strategies that spread corrections over very long arcs and discretize them to tiny maneuvers every couple orbits, taking into account mission-constraints on maneuvers locations. These strategies scale up to medium thrust strategies, filling the gap between propulsion technologies. The out-of-plane strategy although features a new no-deadband property and controls the full orbital momentum. All strategies allow control very close to the reference (a few hundreds meters in osculating parameters) and very low cost.     

事件触发机制下多导弹固定时间编队控制

针对领-从弹编队结构中从弹对领弹的固定时间协同跟踪控制问题，同时为了节省通信带宽和弹载计算资源，基于多智能体一致性理论，给出了有向拓扑下基于事件触发机制的固定时间编队控制算法。用微分几何法将导弹运动模型精确线性化，为其设计固定时间编队控制协议，保证具有较大飞行速度的导弹编队在较短的时间内收敛到稳定的队形。在此基础上，引入事件触发机制，克服有向拓扑下Laplacian矩阵的不对称性和事件触发通信引入的误差项对系统稳定性带来的影响；为从弹设计了基于自身状态误差的事件触发函数，当状态误差满足所设定的阈值时，从弹在通信网络中更新并传递自身的采样信息，有效减少了弹载资源的占用率。利用代数图论、矩阵理论和Lyapunov稳定理论证明了编队控制系统的稳定性。数值仿真结果校验了算法的有效性和稳定性分析的正确性，适用于导弹编队的总体设计。     

典型亚声速飞翼布局无人机红外隐身特性分析

隐身技术作为提高作战生存力的关键环节,是复杂对抗环境下武器装备信息化作战的最重要技术指标。飞翼布局以其独特的隐身优势,成为无人作战飞机首选布局形式。文章以超低RCS亚声速飞翼布局无人机平台为基础,从多频谱隐身特征平衡设计出发,针对其采用低发射率材料前后的红外隐身特性进行了对比分析,验证了红外隐身措施的有效性。     

Multi-agent Q-Learning control of spacecraft formation flying reconfiguration trajectories

This paper presents a novel approach based on multi-agent reinforcement learning for spacecraft formation flying reconfiguration tracking problems. In this scheme, spacecrafts learn the control strategy via transfer learning. For this matter, a new generalized discounted value function is introduced for the tracking problems. Due to the digital nature of spacecraft computer systems, local optimal controllers are developed for the spacecrafts in discrete-time. The stability of the controller is proven. Two Q-learning algorithms are proposed, in each of which the optimal control solution is learned on-line without knowledge about the system dynamics. In the first algorithm, each agent learns the optimal control independently. In the second one, each agent shares the learned information with other agents. Next, the collision avoidance capability is provided. The effectiveness of the presented schemes is verified through simulations and compared with each other.     

Periodic event-triggered formation control for multi-UAV systems with collision avoidance

In this paper, periodic event-triggered formation control problems with collision avoidance are studied for leader–follower multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Firstly, based on the Artificial Potential Field (APF) method, a novel sliding manifold is proposed for controller design, which can solve the problem of collision avoidance. Then, the event-triggered strategy is applied to the distributed formation control of multi-UAV systems, where the evaluation of the event condition is continuous. In addition, the exclusion of Zeno behavior can be guaranteed by the inter-event time between two successive trigger events have a positive lower bound. Next, a periodic event-triggered mechanism is developed for formation control based on the continuous event-triggered mechanism. The periodic trigger mechanism does not need additional hardware circuits and sophisticated sensors, which can reduce the control cost. The stability of the control system is proved by the Lyapunov function method. Finally, some numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control protocol.