The future role of relay satellites for orbital telerobotics

Orbital robotics focuses on a variety of applications, as e.g. inspection and repair activities, spacecraft construction or orbit corrections. On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) activities have to be closely monitored by operators on ground. A direct contact to the spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is limiting the operational time of the robotic application. Therefore, geostationary satellites are desirable to relay the OOS signals and extend the servicing time window. A geostationary satellite in the communication chain not only introduces additional boundary conditions to the mission but also increases the time delay in the system. The latter is not very critical if the servicer satellite is operating autonomously. However, if the servicer is operating in a supervised control regime with a human in the loop, the increased time delay will have an impact on the operator’s task performance.     

网络化语境中英汉交际语言的发展及其探讨

分析了网络化语境中英汉交际语言的产生与形式,指出了影响其发展的主要因素。同时就网络化语境中英汉交际语言的规范化问题及其发展前景进行了探讨。     

支持多核的嵌入式操作系统关键技术研究

以分析当前支持多核的操作系统需实现的关键技术为基础,从多核操作系统的引导和初始化、多核操作系统任务管理、多核中断、核间通信以及核间同步与互斥等方面具体分析、研究支持多核的嵌入式操作系统的实现机制,提出了一种多核领域操作系统关键技术的解决思路.     

A novel signal processing approach for LEO space debris based on a fence-type space surveillance radar system

The increase in space debris can seriously threaten regular activities in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) environment. Therefore, it is necessary to develop robust, efficient and reliable techniques to understand the potential motions of the LEO debris. In this paper, we propose a novel signal processing approach to detect and estimate the motions of LEO space debris that is based on a fence-type space surveillance radar system. Because of the sparse distribution of the orbiting debris through the fence in our observations, we formulate the signal detection and the motion parameter estimation as a sparse signal reconstruction problem with respect to an over-complete dictionary. Moreover, we propose a new scheme to reduce the size of the original over-complete dictionary without the loss of the important information. This new scheme is based on a careful analysis of the relations between the acceleration and the directions of arrival for the corresponding LEO space debris. Our simulation results show that the proposed approach can achieve extremely good performance in terms of the accuracy for detection and estimation. Furthermore, our simulation results demonstrate the robustness of the approach in scenarios with a low Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and the super-resolution properties. We hope our signal processing approach can stimulate further work on monitoring LEO space debris.     

NONLINEAR PREDICTIVE CONTROL FOR TERRAIN FOLLOWING

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Period selection for integrated controller tasks in cyber-physical systems

Performance optimization of cyber-physical systems(CPS)calls for co-design strategies that handle the issues in both computing domain and physical domain.Periods of controller tasks integrated into a uniprocessor system are related to both control performance and real-time schedulability analysis simultaneously.System performance improvement can be achieved by optimizing the periods of controller tasks.This paper extends an existing model to select task periods in real-time for CPS with fixed priority controller tasks scheduled by rate-monotonic algorithm.When all the tasks can be integrated,the analytic solution of the problem is derived by using the method of Lagrange multipliers and gradient descent method is evaluated to be suitable online.To further deal with the condition that the system is overloaded,an integrated method is proposed to select periods of tasks online by selecting a subset of tasks first and then optimizing the periods for them.Experimental results demonstrate that our method yields near-optimal result with a short running time.     

基于TTE网络的分布式系统分区通信方法

针对新一代分布式IVMS及高可靠航电系统对通信网络的确定性通信要求，分析了符合ARINC653标准的分区间通信原理，研究TTE端系统缓冲方案，设计了分区间TTE通信映射配置，实现了分区间TTE通信驱动，建立了分区间TTE通信测试平台，通过实际测试表明，基于TTE网络的分布式系统分区通信方案有效可靠。     

自由飞行下基于IPS算法的碰撞风险研究

自由飞行是解决空域拥挤问题的一种有效飞行模式。随着通信、导航、监视（ CNS ）技术的不断进步和自由飞行理论的不断完善,自由飞行将会使飞机由被动指挥向自选最优路径转变,能够明显提高空域的容量和飞行的效率。在评估自由飞行环境下飞机运行的安全性时,需要行之有效的碰撞风险评估方法。首先考虑通信、导航、监视（CNS）性能对飞机定位误差的影响,在执行飞行冲突解脱命令过程中引入相互作用粒子系统（IPS）,提出一种自由飞行下飞机碰撞风险评估算法,最后结合目标安全水平寻找最优最小安全间距。算例表明,算法能够快速有效计算自由飞行下飞机间碰撞风险,具有可行性。     

全球精密单点定位性能评估

随着中国北斗三号卫星导航系统（BDS-3）全面建成与开通，北斗卫星导航系统已步入了新发展阶段，基于BDS-3实现全方位、多层次、高精度应用已成为地学研究中一项基本任务。利用全球最新均匀分布的10个MGEX跟踪站，分别从24 h内接收到的卫星数、卫星位置精度因子（PDOP）、卫星数据解算完整率和双频非组合精密单点定位（PPP）静态/动态定位精度等方面系统深入地评估了BDS-3在全球范围内的可用性。结果表明，测站对卫星跟踪能力与配备的接收机类型和区域位置有强相关性，单BDS-3卫星在全球范围内具有较强的连续定位能力，当使用SEPT POLARX5和JAVAD TRE_3接收机的情况下，数据解算完整率可达100%。此外，水平方向和高程方向定位精度分别优于2 cm和3 cm，并且在联合使用BDS-2和BDS-3定位的条件下，可使得静态定位精度在东、北和高程方向进一步提升37.6%,25.3%和38.9%。     

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.