Sensor-fault tolerant attitude determination using two-stage estimator

Satellite attitude determination accuracy significantly drops when sensor-fault occurs. Hence, a proper mitigation strategy to detect sensor-fault and accurately estimate corresponding fault magnitudes is mandatory for robust and accurate attitude determination. In this paper, a novel sensor-fault tolerant precise attitude estimator is proposed consisting of two stages. In the first stage, sensor-fault is detected, and the associated sensor parameter change is roughly estimated using an interacting multiple-model (IMM) approach. Subsequently, the second stage is triggered. The sensor parameter change is precisely estimated with a new sensor-parameter-augmented filter. This is defined as a selectively augmented extended Kalman filter (SAEKF) in this paper. The conventional augmented extended Kalman filter (AEKF) is computationally more expensive than the proposed SAEKF. The SAEKF augments only the sensor parameters affected by sensor-faults, not the full sensor parameters, into the state vector. This leads to a significant computational time-saving. A transition method from the first stage to the second stage is also investigated. Numerical simulation results demonstrate that the proposed two-stage approach has smaller attitude determination errors than the existing algorithms, ranged from 21.7% to 88.8%, in cases with gyro scale factor error or misalignment.     

运载火箭捷联惯组全自主对准技术应用研究

我国运载火箭发射前通常通过光学瞄准确定初始方位角,采用捷联惯组自对准解算获取水平姿态角。以可实现简易、快速发射的新型火箭为背景,在发射场阵风等干扰引起箭体低频微幅晃动的环境下,研究了捷联惯组自主对准技术。分析了运载火箭全自主对准的特点,利用以惯性系为参考基准的解析对准法和卡尔曼滤波精对准方法,对高精度全自主对准技术和其在运载火箭上的应用展开了详细论述。开展了全自主对准试验验证,结合新一代运载火箭首飞数据进行了分析。结果表明:捷联惯组全自主对准技术可替代复杂的光学瞄准系统,实现运载火箭发射前初始姿态的确定。     

Spin rate and spin axis orientation of LARES spectrally determined from Satellite Laser Ranging data

Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) is a powerful technique able to measure spin rate and spin axis orientation of the fully passive, geodetic satellites. This work presents results of the spin determination of LARES – a new satellite for testing General Relativity. 529 SLR passes measured between February 17 and June 9, 2012, were spectrally analyzed. Our results indicate that the initial spin frequency of LARES is f₀ = 86.906 mHz (RMS = 0.539 mHz). A new method for spin axis determination, developed for this analysis, gives orientation of the axis at RA = 12^h22^m48^s (RMS = 49^m), Dec = −70.4° (RMS = 5.2°) (J2000.0 celestial reference frame), and the clockwise (CW) spin direction. The half-life period of the satellite’s spin is 214.924 days and indicates fast slowing down of the spacecraft.     

基于近邻保持嵌入的卫星姿态控制系统微小故障检测

摘要： 以卫星姿态控制系统(ACS)为研究对象，以微小故障检测为研究目标，提出一种改进的近邻保持嵌入算法(EWMA DNPE).针对近邻保持嵌入(NPE)算法中邻域参数无法自动设定的缺陷，通过引入动态邻域，使得动态近邻保持嵌入算法（DNPE）可根据流形的样本密度动态地选取近邻点计算权值重构矩阵.将指数加权移动平均(EWMA)引入DNPE，通过EWMA对历史故障数据的累加作用，建立SPE统计量实现微小故障的检测，并仿真验证了EWMA DNPE算法对卫星ACS微小故障检测的有效性和可行性.     

基于DSP的数控XY工作台同步触发测控系统

为了验证多影响因素作用下的数控XY工作台误差补偿效果，必须设计能够实现温度、运动速度、X/Y坐标位置、标准量实时采集与同步触发的测控系统，用于补偿实验验证。介绍了能够实现工作台运动速度、温度、光栅尺与电感测微仪同步触发并实时采集的测控系统。以数控XY工作台为研究对象，采用电感测微仪为工作台位移标准量，DSP为主控芯片，搭建了实验装置进行了实时采集、同步触发和比对实验，以及测控系统测量误差和重复性误差实验。实验结果表明，所设计的测控系统可以实现预设目标，可以用于不同影响因素下的数控XY工作台位移量与标准量的实时比对，验证工作台误差补偿效果，也为后续数控机床在机测量系统误差补偿器的研制打下基础。     

A star identification algorithm based on radial and dynamic cyclic features of star pattern

A full-sky star identification algorithm based on radial and dynamic cyclic patterns is presented with the aim of solving the “lost-in-space” problem. The dynamic cyclic pattern match is applied with a maximum cumulate comparison method to identify sensor-catalog pairings in initial match, which substantially eliminates the effects of the star position noise, magnitude noise, and false stars. After initial match pairings of stars are obtained, a chain part extension technique is employed to quickly search for the longest match chain as the final result. Experimental results indicate that the proposed algorithm is highly robust to star position noise, magnitude noise and false stars. In a series of simulations, the identification rate of the algorithm is 97.50% with 2.0 pixels star position noise, 96.90% with 0.4 Mv star magnitude noise and 95.30% with four false stars respectively. Moreover, the algorithm achieves an identification rate of 58.08% when only six stars are in the field of view.     

Autonomous orbit determination using epoch-differenced gravity gradients and starlight refraction

Autonomous orbit determination via integration of epoch-differenced gravity gradients and starlight refraction is proposed in this paper for low-Earth-orbiting satellites operating in GPS-denied environments.Starlight refraction compensates for the significant along-track position error that occurs from only using gravity gradients and benefits from integration in terms of improved accuracy in radial and cross-track position estimates.The between-epoch differencing of gravity gradients is employed to eliminate slowly varying measurement biases and noise near the orbit revolution frequency.The refraction angle measurements are directly used and its Jacobian matrix derived from an implicit observation equation.An information fusion filter based on a sequential extended Kalman filter is developed for the orbit determination.Truth-model simulations are used to test the performance of the algorithm,and the effects of differencing intervals and orbital heights are analyzed.A semi-simulation study using actual gravity gradient data from the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) combined with simulated starlight refraction measurements is further conducted,and a three-dimensional position accuracy of better than 100 m is achieved.     

直升机主最低设备清单的确定

为提高民用直升机的利用率和经济性,可编制主最低设备清单(MMEL).根据AC313型机MMEL项目的经验,总结出民用直升机MMEL的确定逻辑决断程序,并探讨MMEL在军用直升机上的应用前景.     

基于神经网络自适应动态逆的结冰飞机飞行安全边界保护方法

考虑到飞机带冰飞行的安全问题，对结冰飞机进行安全边界保护成为一种有效的解决手段。基于神经网络自适应动态逆跟踪性能好、鲁棒性强的优点，提出了以安全关键飞行参数限制值作为神经网络自适应动态逆的输入，获取可用舵面偏转角的边界保护方法。建立了飞机本体动力学模型，采用高精度的数值模拟方法获得结冰数据库。设计了神经网络自适应动态逆控制律，通过在动态逆环节引入单隐层神经网络，对不确定性逆误差进行自适应补偿，增强了控制系统的鲁棒性。以俯仰姿态保持模式为例设计了结冰飞行闭环安全边界保护系统。以结冰飞机最小平飞速度的估算值作为飞机最低飞行速度，设计自动油门控制系统，实现对飞行速度的保护。通过仿真验证了设计的控制律具有较强的鲁棒性。对结冰严重程度线性增加情形下飞机状态参数的动态响应进行了分析。仿真结果表明，所设计的结冰边界保护系统，能够实现飞机在容冰飞行过程中对安全关键参数如迎角、飞行速度的实时保护。     

V型轮控系统卫星东西位置保持策略优化方法研究

以某在轨GEO卫星为研究对象,探讨了适用于V型轮控系统特点的东西位置保持策略．首先分析了V型轮控系统的工作原理,提出了轮控过程中推力器效率的标定方法和喷气卸载对轨道影响的数学模型;然后深入分析了轮控过程中姿态控制对卫星东西位置保持环及偏心率的影响,提出了延长位保周期的控制策略,并在实际任务中获得了较好的效果．