Apparent rotation properties of space debris extracted from photometric measurements

Knowledge about the rotation properties of space debris objects is essential for the active debris removal missions, accurate re-entry predictions and to investigate the long-term effects of the space environment on the attitude motion change. Different orbital regions and object’s physical properties lead to different attitude states and their change over time.Since 2007 the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern (AIUB) performs photometric measurements of space debris objects. To June 2016 almost 2000 light curves of more than 400 individual objects have been acquired and processed. These objects are situated in all orbital regions, from low Earth orbit (LEO), via global navigation systems orbits and high eccentricity orbit (HEO), to geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO). All types of objects were observed including the non-functional spacecraft, rocket bodies, fragmentation debris and uncorrelated objects discovered during dedicated surveys. For data acquisition, we used the 1-meter Zimmerwald Laser and Astrometry Telescope (ZIMLAT) at the Swiss Optical Ground Station and Geodynamics Observatory Zimmerwald, Switzerland. We applied our own method of phase-diagram reconstruction to extract the apparent rotation period from the light curve. Presented is the AIUB’s light curve database and the obtained rotation properties of space debris as a function of object type and orbit.     

民用飞机着陆灯与机场助航灯光在飞机夜航中的作用

飞机着陆灯与机场助航灯光系统为民用飞机夜航起飞、着陆提供照明,两者都十分重要。民航法规CCAR121部要求飞机必须装有至少两个着陆灯,而AC-97-FS-2011-01则要求民用机场必须配备助航灯光系统。分析了着陆灯与助航灯光两者在夜航着陆过程中的作用,并阐述两者的相互关系。     

空间探测烧蚀防热材料应用及趋势

综述了国内外空间探测器烧蚀防热材料的种类及其应用情况,美国主要包括高密度酚醛/玻璃钢、蜂窝增强烧蚀防热材料、PICA及PICA-X以及高密度碳酚醛材料等,国内则主要包括酚醛/尼龙、蜂窝增强烧蚀防热材料和NF材料,介绍了这些材料所应用的探测器、气动加热环境、防热材料性能和防热结构成型技术。总结了美国空间探测防热材料研制中出现的两次烧蚀异常及导致的探测器选材变化,可见防热材料与热环境耦合关系复杂。同时介绍了我国针对防热材料抵御异常损伤开展的部分工作。最后对空间探测防热材料的应用与发展做出了展望。     

一种轻质烧蚀结构一体化材料

针对某产品的防热需求,研究了一种轻质烧蚀结构一体化材料,对其坯料(材料A)的热处理制度及预固化程度进行了研究,确定了最佳的热处理温度和时间;对材料A成型得到的轻质烧蚀结构一体化材料(材料B)的拉伸性能和热物理性能进行测试,通过电弧风洞对烧蚀性能进行考核,并对烧蚀后材料的纵向密度分布进行了分析。结果表明,添加一定的处理剂可提高材料的拉伸强度和断裂延伸率,处理剂可有效增强材料各组分的界面结合强度;材料B的热扩散率比材料C(中密度)低,在中高热流状态下,材料B烧蚀表面碳层完整致密,与材料C相比,线后退率略大,质量损失率略小,背壁温度较低,材料B具有更好的烧蚀隔热性能。     

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.     

实用化光力加速度计中单微球重复起支技术

针对光力加速度计的小型化应用，设计并制作了一种基于V型槽的片上光纤光阱，并采用机械振动方法实现了单微球重复起支。理论研究了利用机械振动方法实现微球起支、捕获的动力学过程。结果表明，只有当微球脱离捕获室底面的初始速度满足一定范围时才能稳定捕获，该初始速度范围与捕获室的几何参数有关。提出了利用两光纤中相向传播光的耦合功率监测微球捕获状态的方法，并通过实验完成了微球起支过程的自动控制，实现了单微球的重复起支与捕获。该片上光纤光阱制备方法和单微球重复起支技术可推动光力加速度计的实用化进程。