Novel closed-loop approaches for precise relative navigation of widely separated GPS receivers in LEO

This paper deals with the relative navigation of a formation of two spacecrafts separated by hundreds of kilometers based on processing dual-frequency differential carrier-phase GPS measurements. Specific requirements of the considered application are high relative positioning accuracy and real-time on board implementation. These can be conflicting requirements. Indeed, if on one hand high accuracy can be achieved by exploiting the integer nature of double-difference carrier-phase ambiguities, on the other hand the presence of large ephemeris errors and differential ionospheric delays makes the integer ambiguities determination challenging. Closed-loop schemes, which update the relative position estimates of a dynamic filter with feedback from integer ambiguities fixing algorithms, are customarily employed in these cases. This paper further elaborates such approaches, proposing novel closed loop techniques aimed at overcoming some of the limitations of traditional algorithms. They extend techniques developed for spaceborne long baseline relative positioning by making use of an on-the-fly ambiguity resolution technique especially developed for the applications of interest. Such techniques blend together ionospheric delay compensation techniques, nonlinear models of relative spacecraft dynamics, and partial integer validation techniques. The approaches are validated using flight data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission. Performance is compared to that of the traditional closed-loop scheme analyzing the capability of each scheme to maximize the percentage of correctly fixed integer ambiguities as well as the relative positioning accuracy. Results show that the proposed approach substantially improves performance of the traditional approaches. More specifically, centimeter-level root-mean square relative positioning is feasible for spacecraft separations of more than 260 km, and an integer ambiguity fixing performance as high as 98% is achieved in a 1-day long dataset. Results also show that approaches exploiting ionospheric delay models are more robust and precise of approaches relying on ionospheric-delay removal techniques.     

提高卫星导航性能的阵列参数估计算法

针对卫星导航信号参数估计性能严重影响导航定位精度,提出了一种利用电磁偶极子对提高信号波达方向和极化参数估计性能的方法。充分利用接收数据协方差矩阵,通过两次特征分解,由特征分解的特征值进行极化参数估计。利用小圆环子阵导向矢量得到波达方向的粗略而无模糊的估计,大圆环子阵导向矢量得到有模糊的估计,通过解模糊得到精确的无模糊的估计,从而大幅提高了到达角的估计精度。比较了单个圆环阵列和同心圆环阵列的参数估计性能,分析了参数估计精度对抗干扰性能的影响,仿真结果表明参数估计精度的提高有效改善了卫星导航抗干扰的性能。     

强信号背景下弱信号角度时延的联合Capon估计方法

针对强信号背景下弱信号角度时延联合估计过程中的弱信号数目难以精确估计问题,在分析Capon谱估计法估计信号DOA原理的基础上,将Capon谱估计法进行扩展,提出了一种在强信号背景下弱信号角度时延联合估计方法。为弥补Capon法分辨力较差的劣势,将扩展的Capon法与有高分辨性能的m-Capon算法结合,提出了一种改进的m-Capon方法,能区分来波方向接近的不同目标信号。研究和仿真结果表明:该方法无需对弱信号的信源数进行估计,也无需分解特征值,且在快拍数较少时仍具适用性。     

Dual attitude and parameter estimation of passively magnetically stabilized nano satellites

The attitude determination capability of a nano satellite is limited by a lack of traditional high performance attitude sensors, a result of having small budgets for mass and power. Attitude determination can still be performed on a nano satellite with low fidelity sensors, but an accurate model of the spacecraft attitude dynamics is required. The passive magnetic stabilization systems commonly employed in nano satellites are known to introduce uncertainties in the parameters of the attitude dynamics model that cannot easily be resolved prior to launch. In this paper, a batch estimation problem is formulated that simultaneously solves for the attitude of the spacecraft and performs parameter estimation on the magnetic properties of the magnetic materials using only a measurement of the solar vector. The estimation technique is applied to data from NASA Ames Research Center's O/OREOS nano satellite and the University of Michigan's RAX-1 nano satellite, where clear differences are detected between the magnetic properties as measured before launch and those that fit the observed data. To date this is the first known on-orbit verification of the attitude dynamics model of a passively magnetically stabilized spacecraft.     

非圆信号的贝叶斯稀疏重构阵列测向方法

对信号非圆特性的有效利用能显著改善子空间类阵列测向方法的性能,但难以弥补此类方法在低信噪比（SNR）、小样本等信号环境适应能力方面的局限。本文引入贝叶斯稀疏学习（SBL）技术以解决非圆信号的波达方向（DOA）估计问题,在结合信号非圆特性的同时对入射信号的空域稀疏性加以利用,通过将非圆信号阵列输出协方差矩阵和共轭协方差矩阵在预先定义的空域字典集上进行稀疏重构,得到入射信号的空间谱重构结果,并依据其谱峰位置估计各信号的方向。该方法对独立和相关信号都具有较好的适应能力,仿真结果验证了该方法在信号环境适应能力和相关信号测向精度等方面的优势。     

一种基于信号合成的无线电干涉测量方法

针对后续深空探测任务更高测量精度需求,文章提出了一种基于信号合成的无线电干涉测量方案,并对方案性能进行了理论分析;结合目前主流信号合成算法,提出了一种基于相位补偿的Sumple算法,该算法不仅合成效率高,且合成信号与参考信号具有相同的相位特性,这是天线组阵技术应用于无线电干涉测量的前提;利用相控阵天线试验数据和DOR信号仿真数据对合成方案和合成算法进行了验证,结果表明信号合成处理可以提高无线电干涉测量时延估计精度,这在深空探测任务中具有重要意义。     

基于双目视觉的非合作目标自主姿态估计方法

针对在轨服务任务对于空间非合作目标的自主相对导航需求,提出了一种基于双目视觉的自主姿态估计方法。该方法以Markley变量描述目标的姿态运动,并利用双目相机对目标表面的特征点进行观测,利用特征点的运动规律与目标姿态运动的相关性,并通过容积卡尔曼滤波算法实现了对非合作目标角速度与自旋轴方向的估计。数学仿真验证了所给出的姿态估计方法,并分析了估计精度的影响因素。     

多工艺路线可视化设计与评估方法

根据CAPP系统人机工程和工艺路线方案选择的需要,提出了一种基于图形控件和过程网的多工艺路线可视化设计与评估方法.该方法根据工艺路线的构成要素,设计建立了具有标示、工艺、图形和评估四个方面属性的工序控件、机床控件、特征控件和搬运控件等图形控件,采用图形控件的拖拽方式和网络图的表达方式构建工艺路线,实现了多工艺路线的可视化设计,并采用Dijkstra算法对过程网中的多条工艺路线进行评估,从而选择最优工艺路线.最后给出了某飞机结构件的应用实例.该方法能够更好地体现工艺师的设计思路,有效地进行工艺方案论证和决策.     

基于改进多模型的火星大气进入自适应估计方法

针对火星进入过程中大气密度等不确定参数对导航系统状态估计精度的影响,提出了一种基于改进混合专家框架的多模型自适应估计方法。该方法对进入过程中不同的测量信息进行规范化处理,以克服传统多模型自适应估计方法稳定性差、数值下溢等固有缺陷,进一步提高状态估计精度。将其应用于火星不同进入探测方式下的导航场景进行仿真分析。仿真结果表明:该方法在动力学系统模型参数存在不确定扰动时能获得精确的状态估计,可以满足未来定点着陆探测对导航系统的精度需求。     

基于稀疏重构的混叠脉冲序列的周期估计

针对于以往方法在克服抖动大和缺失率高的混叠脉冲信号周期估计上的不足,提出了一种基于稀疏重构的混叠脉冲序列的隐藏子周期估计新方法。该方法首先针对由多个具有不同周期的脉冲串混合而成脉冲序列进行插值重采样,然后利用由Ramanujan构造的周期字典,建立了混叠脉冲序列的稀疏表示模型,最后采用联合l_2,0混合范数算法求得混叠脉冲序列的周期估计。方法的优点是具有较强抗噪能力和抗脉冲缺失能力,并且不受初相的改变影响。所需要较少的脉冲数据长度就能得到准确的周期稀疏解。仿真实验表明,所提方法具有更好的估计性能。