Switching and performance variations of on-orbit BDS satellite clocks

The information of the satellite clock switching and performance variations on-orbit of Chinese BeiDou-2 Navigation System (BDS) is not available for the public. In order to detect the BDS satellite clock switching and performances variation, we analyzed the precise clock offset products with a total duration of 5?years every BDS satellite equipped four atomic clocks from four different manufactures from January 2013 to October 2017. Three important contributions are concluded as follows. (1) It is found that the average time of on-orbit operation for BDS satellite clocks is about 1–2?years. There have been 22 times of clock switching for BDS satellites, of which the C05 and C08 satellites have been switched to the fourth (last) atomic clock. (2) There are frequent phase adjustments for BDS on-orbit satellite clocks, and the frequency series is relatively stable. Furthermore, there are semi-annual sinusoid cycles in the frequency drift series of C06 and C09 satellites. (3) The performances of MEO satellite clocks perform better than the IGSO and GEO satellite clocks. The average ten-thousand frequency stability of BDS satellite clocks is about 1E-13, which is worse than that of GPS and Galileo but better than that of GLONASS.     

考虑断点续传的中继卫星调度模型及启发式算法

为提高中继卫星系统的应用效能及数传任务的完成率，在中继卫星调度中考虑了断点续传这一应用模式，即对单个数传任务进行合理拆分，使其在多个时间窗口内完成。首先构建面向断点续传的中继卫星单址天线的调度模型，然后提出一种基于冲突风险评估的冲突度量化方法，并设计考虑断点续传的两阶段调度算法。最后开展大量的仿真实验将该算法与贪婪算法、基于最小冲突度的启发式算法和基于任务优先级的启发式算法这3个不考虑断点续传的算法进行对比。实验结果表明，所提出的算法在任务完成率方面分别提高了7.67%、6.34%和8.67%。     

A topside investigation over a mid-latitude digisonde station in Cyprus

We examine the systematic differences between topside electron density measurements recorded by different techniques over the low-middle latitude operating European station in Nicosia, Cyprus (geographical coordinates: 35.14^oN, 33.2^oE), (magnetic coordinates 31.86^oN, 111.83 ^oE). These techniques include space-based in-situ data by Langmuir probes on board.European Space Agency (ESA) Swarm satellites, radio occultation measurements on board low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites from the COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 mission and ground-based extrapolated topside electron density profiles from manually scaled ionograms. The measurements are also compared with International Reference Ionosphere Model (IRI-2016) topside estimations and IRI-corrected NeQuick topside formulation (method proposed by Pezzopane and Pignalberi (2019)). The comparison of Swarm and COSMIC observations with digisonde and IRI estimations verifies that in the majority of cases digisonde underestimates while IRI overestimates Swarm observations but in general, IRI provides a better topside representation than the digisonde. For COSMIC and digisonde profiles matched at the F layer peak the digisonde systematically underestimates topside COSMIC electron density values and the relative difference between COSMIC and digisonde increases with altitude (above hmF2), while IRI overestimates the topside COSMIC electron density but after a certain altitude (~150 km above hmF2) this overestimation starts to decrease with altitude. The IRI-corrected NeQuick underestimates the majority of topside COSMIC electron density profiles and relative difference is lower up to approximately 100 km (above the hmF2) and then it increases. The overall performance of IRI-corrected NeQuick improves with respect to IRI and digisonde.     

美国卫星公用平台采办模式研究

基于卫星公用平台的卫星设计、制造理念,以卫星公用平台目录作为重要的采办工具,在当今许多国家的卫星采办项目中得以应用。本文在整理美国卫星公用平台目录建设、管理与应用领域的进展情况基础上,特别是研究分析了美国国家航空航天局下属航天器快速发展办公室(RSDO)的运作情况,探讨了我国航天领域卫星公用平台型谱管理与应用的前景和方向,以及专业咨询机构在采办过程中的作用,为进一步深入实践航天产品工程理论提供了新方法、新模式。     

国防科技工业计量人员职业化管理模式解析

解析了国防科技工业计量人员职业化管理模式的主要内容和特点，以及实施的要点。     

Nonlinear dynamics and station-keeping control of a rotating tethered satellite system in halo orbits

The dynamics of a rotating tethered satellite system （TSS） in the vicinity of libration points are highly nonlinear and inherently unstable. In order to fulfill the station-keep control of the rotating TSS along halo orbits, a nonlinear output tracking control scheme based on the θ- D technique is proposed. Compared with the popular time-variant linear quadratic regulator （LQR） controller, this approach overcomes some limitations such as on-line computations of the algebraic Riccati equation. Besides, the obtained nonlinear suboptimal controller is in a closed form and easy to implement. Numerical simulations show that the TTS trajectories track the periodic reference orbit with low energy consumption in the presence of both tether and initial injection errors. The axis of rotation can keep pointing to an inertial specific object to fulfill an observation mission. In addition, the thrusts required by the controller are in an acceptable range and can be implemented through some low-thrust propulsion devices.     

集群卫星网络信息拓扑控制技术探讨

集群卫星网络所具有的高动态拓扑、信息异构及灵活组网的特性,使其对信息层面的拓扑控制提出了新的挑战,需要在现有的卫星网络拓扑控制技术的基础上进一步研究。在深入解析集群卫星网络信息拓扑控制内涵的基础上,根据集群卫星网络特点,提出通用的集群卫星网络信息拓扑模型及星地拓扑控制策略,并对现有的卫星拓扑控制算法进行分类说明,根据拓扑的分类方法,分析不同卫星拓扑控制技术在运用于集群卫星网络中的限制条件,最后针对应用需求及技术特点,指出集群卫星网络拓扑控制技术的发展趋势及研究方向。     

时变磨损间隙对机构可靠性的动态影响

为克服磨损速率恒定和磨损影响因素随机性假设带来的不足,并准确预测机构磨损可靠性的动态变化过程,利用等效弹簧阻尼接触碰撞力模型和磨损过程离散化方法,建立了关节间隙的时变磨损方程;引入PHI2方法、定义上穿率,将时变磨损方程转变成时变可靠性方程,从而提出了含时变间隙多体系统动力学和PHI2方法相结合的磨损可靠性分析方法。以某星载天线双轴定位机构为例,研究了产品可靠性及参数概率灵敏度的动态变化规律,分析了磨损各参数对产品可靠性的影响。结果表明,在稳定磨损阶段结束以前,接触碰撞力是主导因素,其对可靠性的敏感度是其他因素的10倍以上,此后,间隙将超过接触碰撞力,成为新的主导因素;且间隙存在临界情况,在此之前,间隙的适当增大有利于产品可靠性的提高。相比于现有研究强调磨损随机性、忽略磨损过程的非线性变化和间隙时变对可靠性的影响,所提方法能准确预示磨损及可靠性的动态变化过程。     

国内卫星移动通信发展初步分析

文章论述了移动通信的发展过程；通过地面移动通信和卫星移动通信的比较，指出发展卫星移动通信的必要性；通过对同步轨道和低道卫生移动通信的比较，单一成型波束和多点波束的比较，提出了适合中国的经济实力和卫星技术水平的卫星移动通信的发展途径：除参加全国性卫星移动通信系统解决部分国际移动通信外，应该走发展同步轨道多点波束的卫星移动通信道路。     

地球静止卫星南北位置保持控制系统的选择

简述了地球静止卫星南北位置保持控制系统的要求，然后比较了化学推进和电推进控制系统的特点，并较具体地分析了几种典型的电火箭发动机的性能和发展水平。在此基础上提出了作者对地球静止卫星南北位置保持控制的选择原则和看法。