Geostationary orbit determination using SATRE

A new strategy of precise orbit determination (POD) for GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit) satellite using SATRE (SAtellite Time and Ranging Equipment) is presented. Two observation modes are proposed and different channels of the same instruments are used to construct different observation modes, one mode receiving time signals from their own station and the other mode receiving time signals from each other for two stations called pairs of combined observations. Using data from such a tracking network in China, the results for both modes are compared. The precise orbit determination for the Sino-1 satellite using the data from 6 June 2005 to 13 June 2005 has been carried out in this work. The RMS (Root-Mean-Square) of observing residuals for 3-day solutions with the former mode is better than 9.1 cm. The RMS of observing residuals for 3-day solutions with the latter mode is better than 4.8 cm, much better than the former mode. Orbital overlapping (3-day orbit solution with 1-day orbit overlap) tests show that the RMS of the orbit difference for the former mode is 0.16 m in the radial direction, 0.53 m in the along-track direction, 0.97 m in the cross-track direction and 1.12 m in the 3-dimension position and the RMS of the orbit difference for the latter mode is 0.36 m in the radial direction, 0.89 m in the along-track direction, 1.18 m in the cross-track direction and 1.52 m in the 3-dimension position, almost the same as the former mode. All the experiments indicate that a meter-level accuracy of orbit determination for geostationary satellite is achievable.     

电磁监测试验卫星矢量磁场探测方法

电磁监测试验卫星是中国第一颗近地轨道电磁场科学探测试验卫星, 探测空间背景磁场是其重要任务之一. 空间背景磁场探测需要在卫星平台上对空间矢量磁场进行长期稳定准确探测, 电磁监测试验卫星采用磁通门磁强计和基于CPT效应的绝对磁场校准装置(Coupled Dark State Magnetometer, CDSM)分别探测空间相对矢量磁场以及绝对标量磁场, 通过数据处理, 使最终的矢量磁场探测数据具有准确性. 这种数据处理方法在理想模型下拥有解析解, 实施过程中载荷的噪声、 准确度及稳定性影响模型的准确性, 会产生数据校准误差. 通过对在轨磁场探测的模拟确定了这种数据处理方法的性能, 验证了在载荷设计性能的基础上电磁监测试验卫星的磁场探测可以实现1 nT的准确度.      

星间链路天线相对姿态的地面模拟

星间链路天线的相对姿态模拟为星间链路的测试验证提供近真实的动态姿态环境,是星间链路系统地面测试的重要组成部分。建立多个坐标系统将两颗卫星天线的位置和姿态联系起来,利用卫星星历将天线的相对姿态表示为一颗卫星天线在另一颗卫星天线坐标系中的方向向量,利用两个二轴转台实现此方向向量,最终通过控制转台的转角模拟卫星天线的相对姿态变化。同时计算天线波束的方向,分析了两颗卫星的可见性。天线相对姿态的模拟为星间链路的建立和保持提供动态测试环境。     

输入受限的编队卫星分布式姿态协同控制

研究了跟踪时变参考姿态情况下的编队飞行卫星协同控制问题,提出了一种非线性饱和的分布式协同控制器。在控制器中引入了一个双曲正切函数向量,保证了连续控制输入的有界性。采用Barbalat引理对姿态跟踪情况下闭环协同控制系统的稳定性进行了分析,得出了系统渐近稳定的结论。通过对各种条件下的仿真,验证了算法的有效性,并确立了编队卫星信息流图的拓扑结构和控制器增益等因素与暂态过程中相对姿态保持性能的关系。     

卫星磁载荷现场校准技术研究

本文介绍了一种卫星磁场探测载荷现场校准技术,设计了拆分式磁场线圈、无磁支架等,研制了校准装置。利用该技术实现了对卫星磁载荷在整星测试、发射前等多个阶段的测试校准,解决了卫星载荷在星体装配完成后无法测试的难题,提高了磁载荷测试数据可靠度,保证了科学实验的有效性。该校准技术已服务于我国首颗地磁监测试验卫星(张衡一号卫星),对其磁场探测载荷在整星测试、出厂测试、发射场技术确认等多个阶段进行了校准,取得了很好的应用效果。     

卫星控制系统全物理仿真

仿真是应用相似定理和类比关系来研究事物 ,也就是用模型代替实际系统进行实验和研究。在卫星控制系统仿真中 ,根据所介入的模型的不同 ,分为数学仿真和物理仿真两类。卫星控制系统全物理仿真是研制卫星过程中特有的一种仿真方法 ,它利用气浮台作为运动模拟器 ,又称为气浮台仿真。本文主要叙述卫星控制系统全物理仿真的原理和用途 ,简要介绍单轴气浮台和三轴气浮台两个全物理仿真系统的组成、主要设备的技术指标以及卫星控制系统全物理仿真的几个实例     

一种新的星载自动识别系统检测概率计算方法

针对现有星载AIS检测概率计算方法没有考虑不同解调算法对检测结果影响的问题,提出了一种基于泊松分布船舶检测模型的星载AIS检测概率计算方法。该方法首先计算混叠信号功率差和频差的联合概率分布,以及算法的解调概率,进而将两者相结合得到表征算法能力的关键参数,代入AIS检测概率模型进行计算,可使得原有模型具有适应不同解调算法的能力。仿真表明该方法可有效应用于实际工程的评估,对星载AIS的系统设计有重要的参考价值。     

卫星组播多组共享密钥管理方案

现有的多组组密钥管理方案应用于大型动态卫星多组组播环境时,受卫星资源的限制,密钥管理效率成为瓶颈。设计了一种卫星多组组密钥管理方案SMGKM（Satellite Multiple Group Key Management）,根据对组播源的访问能力对用户进行分组,并在子组中设置子组管理者,通过构造组播密钥管理图和子组密钥管理结构进行多组组密钥管理,具有良好的前向和后向安全性,与现有典型方案相比,SMGKM有效降低了卫星的通信和存储开销,更适合大型动态卫星多组组密钥管理。     

A Novel Onboard-gateway-based Mechanism to Improve TCP Performance in Aeronautical Satellite Networks

The IP-based networks on aircraft serve to support Internet services via satellites. However, in aeronautical satellite hybrid net- works,the TCP protocol performance often deteriorates due to improper decreases and slow recovery of the congestion window. This paper proposes a window size determination and notification mechanism, onboard-gateway-based mechanism (OGBM), which is based on the onboard gateway in the networks on aircraft. A cross-layer approach is adopted by the onboard gateway to obtain the satellite link bandwidth information. And then, by the gateway, through changing the receiver’s advertised window field in ACK packets, TCP sources are notified of the window size of each TCP source calculated on the ground of bandwidth delay product and flow numbers. The mechanism is able to avoid improper changes of TCP window and serve multiple users. Simulation results show that the mechanism with the fairness index close to 1 improves TCP performance in aeronautical satellite networks.     

GNSS Satellite Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (SAIM) using inter-satellite measurements

Integrity is the ability of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to detect faults in measurements and provide timely warnings to users and operators when the navigation system cannot meet the defined performance standards, which is of great importance for safety of life critical applications. Compared with both Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) and ground based GNSS Integrity Channel (GIC) methods which are widely adopted nowadays, the Satellite Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (SAIM) method can be used to monitor orbit/ephemeris and clock errors, and has advantages in monitoring orbit and clock quality and providing instantaneous responses when faults happen.