The bistatic radar capabilities of the Medicina radiotelescopes in space debris detection and tracking

An accurate measurement of the position and trajectory of the space debris fragments is of primary importance for the characterization of the orbital debris environment. The Medicina Radioastronomical Station is a radio observation facility that is here proposed as receiving part of a ground-based space surveillance system for detecting and tracking space debris at different orbital regions (from Low Earth Orbits up to Geostationary Earth Orbits). The proposed system consists of two bistatic radars formed by the existing Medicina receiving antennas coupled with appropriate transmitters. This paper focuses on the current features and future technical development of the receiving part of the observational setup. Outlines of possible transmitting systems will also be given together with the evaluation of the observation strategies achievable with the proposed facilities.     

动力学补偿受控卫星轨道确定算法(英文)

受控卫星动力学模型中推力加速度的量级远远高于其他摄动的误差量级,观测量主要反映受控卫星动力学模型的误差。本文以跟踪和精确定位空间机动目标为目的,给出基于地面雷达观测,实时估计推力加速度,修正卫星动力学模型的轨道确定算法。通过建立连续推力控制过程变质量动力学模型,给出常推力变加速度满足的运动学微分方程; 建立变加速度估计系统状态方程,和扩展卡尔曼滤波轨道确定算法; 并给出连续推力控制卫星运动状态关于推力加速度的变分运动方程; 实际飞行控制应用表明: 利用地面测量数据,实时估计推力加速度并补偿系统动力学模型,解决了连续受控卫星轨道精确确定问题。     

天基毫米波空间碎片观测雷达系统分析与设计

介绍了天基毫米波空间碎片观测雷达的难点和关键技术,提出了解决问题的思路。将同时多波束天线引入到高速目标探测中,分析了雷达天线和发射机的形式,采用多频信号处理方法解决多普勒模糊问题。给出了空间站载天基毫米波雷达的系统参数,分析了测距、测角、测速精度。在天球坐标系下建立了雷达平台坐标系,通过速度分解和坐标转换,结合雷达成像的方法分析了雷达和碎片间的相对速度、位置的几何关系,在此基础上对空间站载天基毫米波雷达系统空间碎片轨道预测性能进行了分析。
     

On one approach to the optimization of low-thrust station keeping manoeuvres

A simple and effective mathematical method to calculate optimal station-keeping manoeuvres by means of electric propulsion is suggested. The method is based on a linearization of the satellite motion near a reference orbit. Two versions of the method allow station keeping both in an assigned position and in any position of the orbit. The method is fully analytical for the two-body problem and takes a simpler form for the circular assigned orbit. The suggested method may also be used in the case when constraints are imposed on the thrust direction due to specific features of the satellite stabilization mode. An application of the method to any force field is shown. Illustrative examples of satellite station keeping in a circular orbit are given. Both cases of the station keeping, i.e., in an assigned position and in an assigned orbit, are considered without and with a constraint on the thrust direction.     

低轨航天器磁推进及其能力估算

针对地球空间磁场分布特点,提出可用于实现低轨航天器轨道维持、轨道变更的无质消耗推进技术。从基本的磁学理论出发,建立了带磁航天器在地球空间磁场中的飞行磁推力模型,阐述了通过航天器磁性获取无工质消耗连续推力的磁推进概念和原理,阐明了作用机理,提出了磁力矩解耦的磁力线追踪推力策略,给出了磁推进的能力包络和轨道高度保持与提升的典型估算结果。分析表明,当飞行体磁矩达到10⁶Am²量级以上时,可以有效用于600~1000km范围内轨道高度保持或提升。此外,文章还简要分析了实现高磁矩的技术可行性。     

空间碎片的温度特性分析

对空间碎片温度特性的分析,是利用红外传感器探测空间碎片的基础,也是研究航天器在轨安全的重要内容。文章对空间碎片接收不同辐射进行全面分析,研究其在轨运行情况,建立热平衡方程,完成对不同时刻其温度变化的计算,并绘制出温度变化曲线。结果表明空间碎片在轨道上不同位置有不同的红外辐射特性。该研究对利用天基空间探测器进行空间碎片的检测、识别,以及航天器的规避有参考意义。     

航天器用氢镍蓄电池钝化技术研究

为了减缓蓄电池组爆炸产生的空间碎片,文章对常在航天器上应用的氢镍蓄电池的钝化技术进行了研究。首先分析了氢镍蓄电池的爆炸机理,然后针对氢镍蓄电池组提出了安全性设计方法;进行了过充电、过放电等蓄电池爆炸试验;研制了一台氢镍蓄电池钝化装置,进行了蓄电池钝化消能试验。     

Actors of the main activity in large complex centres during the 23 solar cycle maximum

During the maximum of Solar Cycle 23, large active regions had a long life, spanning several solar rotations, and produced large numbers of X-class flares and CMEs, some of them associated to magnetic clouds (MCs). This is the case for the Halloween active regions in 2003. The most geoeffective MC of the cycle (Dst = −457) had its source during the disk passage of one of these active regions (NOAA 10501) on 18 November 2003. Such an activity was presumably due to continuous emerging magnetic flux that was observed during this passage. Moreover, the region exhibited a complex topology with multiple domains of different magnetic helicities. The complexity was observed to reach such unprecedented levels that a detailed multi-wavelength analysis is necessary to precisely identify the solar sources of CMEs and MCs. Magnetic clouds are identified using in situ measurements and interplanetary scintillation (IPS) data. Results from these two different sets of data are also compared.     

绳系卫星的一种新型高阶滑模控制器设计

针对绳系卫星轨道转移控制问题,给出绳系卫星在轨机动模型并将面内运动处理为典型的欠驱动形式;为实现对面内摆角的跟踪控制,定义滑模面并建立积分链系统,设计一种新型高阶滑模系绳张力控制律,得到无抖振控制量,这种控制律在保证高精度跟踪的前提下,有效避免了控制抖振现象;关于滑模面的高阶滑模运动建立后,在平衡点对闭环系统线性化,根据劳斯判据,闭环系统在平衡点是局部渐近稳定的。最后,通过仿真分析,验证了所提出控制算法的有效性。     

空间绳系组合体的继电型控制离轨策略

为了使空间绳系组合体更好地完成空间碎片清理任务,提出一种更接近工程实际应用的继电型推力（Bang-Bang）离轨控制策略。利用带有差动间隙的Bang-Bang控制策略,实现绳系组合体切向的继电式推力加速;设计了一种全新的被动式卷扬机构,以避免在使用继电式推力离轨的过程中多次开关发动机对绳系组合体带来的负面影响;针对径向推力设计了输入受限的滑模控制器,且最终控制指令同样以继电式推力形式实现,抑制了离轨过程中绳系组合体的面内摆动。数值仿真结果显示,继电型推力能够实现与连续推力近似的效果,能够将绳系组合体的摆动角度抑制在一个较小的范围内;整个离轨控制策略能够使得空间绳系组合体在保持姿态稳定的前提下将空间碎片拖曳到坟墓轨道。