利用光纤进行高精度时间传递

描述了一种利用光纤TV信道传递时间、频率的初步方案和光纤闭环TV信道时延的测定及用扩频副载波复用系统进行双向时间传递方法。     

耦合运动对星间激光链路瞄准过程影响及补偿方法研究

在星间激光链路的瞄准过程中,光通信终端与卫星平台的耦合运动是影响瞄准精度的重要因素。本文以耦合运动数学模型为基础,建立了仿真实验系统,并以铱星系统为例,对低轨卫星星间激光链路光束瞄准过程进行了仿真研究。理论分析和仿真结果表明,终端与平台耦合运动所产生的瞄准偏差大于0.9mrad,目标卫星可接收到的信标光功率将被衰减达-7.2dB以上,严重影响目标卫星对信标光的捕获。为确保星间激光链路的建立,提出了耦合运动补偿方法,并进行了相应的仿真实验。仿真结果表明,补偿控制方法使耦合运动产生的瞄准偏差小于2μrad,对信标光的衰减小于-1.7×10-5dB,衰减量可忽略不计。该结果对低轨卫星间激光组网技术的研究具有重要意义。     

偏视场光学系统视场优化设计方法

文章以同轴三反偏视场光学系统型式为例,利用ZEMAX宏建立优化函数,实现了将光学系统视场中心位置、视场大小作为变量进行优化设计,从而实现了综合考虑光学系统视场、像质及相关尺寸要求的整体优化.     

基于基尔霍夫驻留相位近似法的深粗糙度高斯型粗糙面光散射

推导了基尔霍夫驻留相位近似法理论的计算公式.基于基尔霍夫驻留相位近似法研究了平面波入射深粗糙度高斯型粗糙面的光散射,综合高斯型粗糙面的自相关函数给出了不同极化状态下散射系数的数学表达式.由数值计算获得了不同散射角、散射方位角及入射波波长的双站和单站散射系数,讨论了粗糙面高度起伏均方根、相关长度、介质介电常数和入射波波长...     

基于地面图像的卫星自主定轨方法可观测性及定轨性能分析

卫星自主定轨是航天发展趋势之一。近年来,高分辨率遥感卫星不断发展,为利用光学遥感图像进行自主定轨提供了可能。在此背景下,提出了一种基于地面特征点图像的自主定轨方法。通过构造局部可观测矩阵分析了该定轨系统的可观测性,并用局部可观测矩阵的条件数表征可观测度,估计系统的定轨性能。通过Monte-Carlo仿真实验评估了系统的定轨表现,结果表明:该定轨方法与多点定位方法相比可以得到更高的定轨精度。     

Comparative analysis of global optical observability of satellites in LEO

With a growing number of resident space objects (RSOs), the facilities for near-Earth space surveillance have to cope with increasing workload. It also applies to low-cost small optical surveillance facilities which may present regional, national and global networks. Improved methods of planning and scheduling optical telescopes are required to use these instruments efficiently. Today, optical observations are only feasible if the following quite stringent requirements are met: the object should be illuminated by sunlight, and it should be above while the Sun is below the observer’s horizon. For different orbits, these preconditions result in varying degrees of the space object observability at various ground-based sites. Certainly, satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) are particularly difficult to observe. This study aims at developing a new technique for assessing observability of a satellite in different types of orbits – namely, low, medium and high Earth orbits, imaging of the opportunity for its visibility in respective diagrams and their analysing for the existing near-Earth population of RSOs. Unlike other researches, wherein one or several observational stations have been chosen as target sites for in-depth analyses of visibility of all the satellites or just the selected ones, the present study focuses on examining the probability of optical surveillance of satellites in a certain orbit from any locations worldwide. It offers considerable scope for automation of surveillance planning and scheduling optical surveillance networks.     

DebrisWatch I: A survey of faint geosynchronous debris

Recent anomalies exhibited by satellites and rocket bodies have highlighted that a population of faint debris exists at geosynchronous (GEO) altitudes, where there are no natural removal mechanisms. Despite previous optical surveys probing to around 10–20 cm in size, regular monitoring of faint sources at GEO is challenging, thus our knowledge remains sparse. It is essential that we continue to explore the faint debris population using large telescopes to better understand the risk posed to active GEO satellites. To this end, we present photometric results from a survey of the GEO region carried out with the 2.54 m Isaac Newton Telescope in La Palma, Canary Islands. We probe to 21st visual magnitude (around 10 cm, assuming Lambertian spheres with an albedo of 0.1), uncovering 129 orbital tracks with GEO-like motion across the eight nights of dark-grey time comprising the survey. The faint end of our brightness distribution continues to rise until the sensitivity limit of the sensor is reached, suggesting that the modal brightness could be even fainter. We uncover a number of faint, uncatalogued objects that show photometric signatures of rapid tumbling, many of which straddle the limiting magnitude of our survey over the course of a single exposure, posing a complex issue when estimating object size. This work presents the first instalment of DebrisWatch, an ongoing collaboration between the University of Warwick and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (UK) investigating the faint population of GEO debris.     

飞行器半实物仿真装备研究进展与展望

根据制导体制不同，分别从光学制导仿真、射频制导仿真、光学/射频复合制导仿真等方面介绍了国内外半实物仿真装备研究进展。结合飞行器对半实物仿真技术提出新的发展需求，提出了全角度空间制导仿真、特殊环境/背景制导仿真、绕飞伴飞仿真、弹体气动伺服弹性仿真等特殊背景的半实物仿真方案。最后，结合飞行器技术和半实物仿真技术发展趋势，对飞行器半实物仿真装备的发展趋势进行了展望。     

Estimation of sediment settling velocity in estuarine and coastal waters using optical remote sensing data

A robust method has been developed for estimating sediment settling velocity (w_s) from high resolution optical remote sensing data in estuarine, coastal and harbor waters. This method estimates settling velocity as a function of the drag coefficient (C_d), Reynolds number (Re), grain size (D₅₀), specific gravity (Δ_SG) and grain shape (in terms of the Corey Shape Factor – CSF). These parameters were derived from the particulate inherent optical properties such as backscattering (b_bp), beam attenuation (c_p), suspended sediment concentration and turbidity using Landsat 8 OLI and HICO data. Preliminary results for the Gulf of Cambay in the eastern Arabian Sea and Yangtze river estuary in the East China Sea, showed that satellite-retrieved settling velocities (m?s^?1) varied from very low values in clear oceanic waters, intermediate values in coastal waters, to very high values in river plumes and sediment-laden coastal waters. The remote sensing retrievals of sediment properties and their settling velocities were generally consistent with the field and laboratory results, which indicate that the proposed methodology will have important implications in various coastal engineering, environmental and management studies.     

Space debris observations with the Slovak AGO70 telescope: Astrometry and light curves

The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (FMPI) operates its own 0.7-m Newtonian telescope (AGO70) dedicated to the space surveillance tracking and research, with an emphasis on space debris. The observation planning focuses on objects on geosynchronous (GEO), eccentric (GTO and Molniya) and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) orbits. To verify the system’s capabilities, we conducted an observation campaign in 2017, 2018 and 2019 focused on astrometric and photometric measurements. In last two years we have built up a light curve catalogue of space debris which is now freely available for the scientific community. We report periodic signals extracted from more than 285 light curves of 226 individual objects. We constructed phase diagrams for 153 light curves for which we obtained apparent amplitudes.