红外地球敏感器的高截止度新型红外滤光片的设计

高截止度新型红外滤光片是三轴稳定卫星红外地球敏感器的关键件之一。文章介绍了用等效折射率概念设计这种滤光片的方法 ,讨论并给出了膜系设计和研制的结果 ,简介了镀膜的工艺技术 ,并与国内外同类滤光片的光学特性进行了比较 ,试验表明新型红外滤光片的膜系设计是成功的。     

红外多光谱扫描仪空间环境模拟定标设备光学设计

介绍了“资源一号”卫星红外多光谱扫描仪辐射定标设备的光学系统;介绍了用空间光线追迹法,求离轴抛物面光学系统弥散圆的方法。     

动基座姿态校准模型分析

以数学形式定义了对动基座进行姿态校准的任务,建立了理想单机基础模型,并结合现状分析给出了双机联立模型变体。适用于准直光等形式的测姿方案。     

多光谱CCD相机的光学配准

文章分析了CCD相机的光学配准原理 ,结合资源后继星CCD相机的特点 ,提出了该相机的光学配准方案 ,并对此方案进行了分析。     

传像光纤在瞄准方位传递中的应用研究

介绍了光纤传像技术的原理和光纤成像系统的特点，详细分析了传像光纤应用于瞄准方位传递的可行性，并阐述了存在的问题和关键技术的解决。     

Development and verification of an innovative photomultiplier calibration system with a 10-fold increase in photometer resolution

In this study, we construct a photomultiplier calibration system. This calibration system can help scientists measuring and establishing the characteristic curve of the photon count versus light intensity. The system uses an innovative 10-fold optical attenuator to enable an optical power meter to calibrate photomultiplier tubes which have the resolution being much greater than that of the optical power meter. A simulation is firstly conducted to validate the feasibility of the system, and then the system construction, including optical design, circuit design, and software algorithm, is realized. The simulation generally agrees with measurement data of the constructed system, which are further used to establish the characteristic curve of the photon count versus light intensity.     

光学采样成像系统传递函数补偿的试验研究

简要介绍了传递函数补偿（MTFC）验证试验，通过物理仿真和基于ISO20462的最小可觉差（JND）主观评价，对光学采样成像系统MTFC进行了研究。在实验室建立模拟采样成像系统进行物理仿真；通过对7次JND评价数据之间的相互验证，说明JND主观评价具有客观性，试验数据和MTFC验证结论准确可信。     

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.