Improving orbit prediction accuracy through supervised machine learning

Due to the lack of information such as the space environment condition and resident space objects’ (RSOs’) body characteristics, current orbit predictions that are solely grounded on physics-based models may fail to achieve required accuracy for collision avoidance and have led to satellite collisions already. This paper presents a methodology to predict RSOs’ trajectories with higher accuracy than that of the current methods. Inspired by the machine learning (ML) theory through which the models are learned based on large amounts of observed data and the prediction is conducted without explicitly modeling space objects and space environment, the proposed ML approach integrates physics-based orbit prediction algorithms with a learning-based process that focuses on reducing the prediction errors. Using a simulation-based space catalog environment as the test bed, the paper demonstrates three types of generalization capability for the proposed ML approach: (1) the ML model can be used to improve the same RSO’s orbit information that is not available during the learning process but shares the same time interval as the training data; (2) the ML model can be used to improve predictions of the same RSO at future epochs; and (3) the ML model based on a RSO can be applied to other RSOs that share some common features.     

大尺寸测量系统配置中包络性与可达性分析

构建了包络性和可达性分析的原理与公式，定量判定当前测量设备空间位置是否合理，为实现在大尺寸测量方案规划阶段对测量设备的可行空间进行快速有效的规划提供依据。阐述了大尺寸测量系统总体架构与阶段任务划分，定义了包络性与可达性的输入输出关系。论述了包络性与可达性的原理与公式，包括可测量体素和外包络体的定义、数学模型和推导公式以及判定公式。最后，在CATIA环境下开发包络性和可达性分析工具，并以机翼翼肋为例，对该翼肋上待测关键特征进行包络性和可达性仿真分析。仿真结果表明，该包络性与可达性分析的原理与公式是可行的。     

CCSDS空间网络互联协议发展及启示

空间互联网将是由各种区域网构成的复杂异构网络,为了使其能够逐步实现自动化运行,网络效益得到最大程度的发挥,须做好网络互联的顶层规划与设计,并开发具体的标准技术.根据近年CCSDS (Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems,空间数据系统咨询委员会)发布的建议书,以及相关工作组的项目规划情况,介绍了SSI(Solar System Internetwork,太阳系互联网)体系结构、IPoC(IP over CCSDS space links,在CCSDS空间链路之上承载IP),以及DTN(Delay Tolerant Networking,容延迟网络)等标准项目.从CCSDS空间网络互联技术的发展历程不难得出结论:我国未来空间网络互联应注重区域网之间互联的顶层设计;区域网内部各子网之间的互联技术应选择以航天任务需求牵引为主;DTN将在区域网之间互联以及区域网从简单到复杂发展中都发挥重要作用.     

集中式平台自由销售代码共享研究与应用

在对目前世界范围内,航空公司之间普遍采用的代码共享合作方式进行分析的基础上,结合中国民航的实际情况,提出了同时使用中国民航传统集中式订座系统平台,系统内两家航空公司之间自由销售模式的代码共享系统解决方案,并对该设计方案的高灵活性、低成本消耗等特点进行了具体的分析。     

LARES successfully launched in orbit: Satellite and mission description

On February 13th 2012, the LARES satellite of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) was launched into orbit with the qualification flight of the new VEGA launcher of the European Space Agency (ESA). The payload was released very accurately in the nominal orbit. The name LARES means LAser RElativity Satellite and summarises the objective of the mission and some characteristics of the satellite. It is, in fact, a mission designed to test Einstein's General Relativity Theory (specifically ‘frame-dragging' and Lense-Thirring effect). The satellite is passive and covered with optical retroreflectors that send back laser pulses to the emitting ground station. This allows accurate positioning of the satellite, which is important for measuring the very small deviations from Galilei–Newton's laws. In 2008, ASI selected the prime industrial contractor for the LARES system with a heavy involvement of the universities in all phases of the programme, from the design to the construction and testing of the satellite and separation system. The data exploitation phase started immediately after the launch under a new contract between ASI and those universities. Tracking of the satellite is provided by the International Laser Ranging Service. Due to its particular design, LARES is the orbiting object with the highest known mean density in the solar system. In this paper, it is shown that this peculiarity makes it the best proof particle ever manufactured. Design aspects, mission objectives and preliminary data analysis will be also presented.     

光正交码

OCDMA技术已成功应用于无线通信领域，它具有抗干扰，提高系统容量等优点。本文对实现OCDMA技术关键的光地址码中较成熟的光正交码进行了介绍。阐述了光正交码的众多构造方法和现有的存在性结果，主要介绍了如何利用组合设计的方法构造光正交码。     

CFDP协议中延迟NAK文件传输时间分析与仿真

未来的深空通信需要一个鲁棒的、有效与可靠的文件传输协议,在研究CCSDS提出的CFDP协议基础上,针对延迟NAK模式提出了一种新的分析方法。在保证吞吐量的前提下,对ARQ定时器优化设置,导出了平均文件传输时间的理论表达式。在单跳直连链路中,对不同条件下的平均文件传输时间进行了仿真与数值分析。仿真结果表明平均文件传输时间与PDU错误概率、PDU数目及单向传播时间等有密切关系。随机仿真与理论分析具有很好的一致性。     

实线性赋范空间中算子的Fermat定理

本文给出并证明了文中的定理１，该定理是经典分析中的Ｆｅｒｍａｔ定理在现代分析学中的合理推广。据此又给出了一个中值公式在抽象分析中成立的充分条件。最后，指出了经典分析中的中值定理在抽象分析中不成立。文中各项内容相结合，较深刻地说明了中值定理在抽象分析学中不成立的原因。     

3种气动弹性状态空间建模方法的对比

研究气动弹性状态空间建模的3种常用方法:最小二乘(LS)法、最小状态(MS)法和拟合状态空间(MA)法.用2个算例从颤振和频响特性角度分析和总结了它们的建模特点.在气动力有理函数拟合建模方法(LS法、MS法)研究中,着重分析滞后根的影响;在MA法的研究中,讨论了建模的特点.最后,系统对比了3种建模方法的建模效果及使用原则,为这些方法的工程应用提供参考.仿真计算结果表明,MS法建立的模型阶数低、精度适中且使用方便,是比较好的方法,而MA法建立的模型频响特性与参考结果最为接近.     

Viability of barley seeds after long-term exposure to outer side of international space station

Barley seeds were exposed to outer space for 13 months in a vented metal container without a climate control system to assess the risk of physiological and genetic mutation during long-term storage in space. The space-stored seeds (S0 generation), with an 82% germination rate in 50 seeds, lost about 20% of their weight after the exposure. The germinated seeds showed normal growth, heading, and ripening. The harvested seeds (S1 generation) also germinated and reproduced (S2 generation) as did the ground-stored seeds. The culm length, ear length, number of seed, grain weight, and fertility of the plants from the space-stored seeds were not significantly different from those of the ground-stored seeds in each of the S0 and S1 generation. Furthermore, the S1 and S2 space-stored seeds respectively showed similar β-glucan content to those of the ground-stored seeds. Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis with 16 primer combinations showed no specific fragment that appears or disappears significantly in the DNA isolated from the barley grown from the space-stored seeds. Though these data are derived from nine S0 space-stored seeds in a single exposure experiment, the results demonstrate the preservation of barley seeds in outer space for 13 months without phenotypic or genotypic changes and with healthy and vigorous growth in space.