Space weather: its effects and predictability

Terrestrial technology is now, and increasingly, sensitive to space weather. Most space weather is caused by solar storms and the resulting changes to the Earth's radiation environment and the magnetosphere. The Sun as the driver of space weather is under intense observation but remains to be adequately modelled. Recent spacecraft measurements are greatly improving models of solar activity, the interaction of the solar wind with the magnetosphere, and models of the radiation belts. In-situ data updates the basic magnetospheric model to provide specific details of high-energy electron flux at satellite orbits. Shock wave effects at the magnetopause can also be coarsely predicted. However, the specific geomagnetic effects at ground level depend on the calculation of magnetic and electric fields and further improvements are needed. New work on physical models is showing promise of raising geomagnetic and ionospheric predictability above the synoptic climatological level. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Real-Time Specifications of the Geospace Environment

We report the recent progress in our joint program of real-time mapping of ionospheric electric fields and currents and field-aligned currents through the Geospace Environment Data Analysis System (GEDAS) at the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory and similar computer systems in the world. Data from individual ground magnetometers as well as from the solar wind are collected by these systems and are used as input for the KRM and AMIE magnetogram-inversion algorithms, which calculate the two-dimensional distribution of the ionospheric parameters. One of the goals of this program is to specify the solar-terrestrial environment in terms of ionospheric processes, providing the scientific community with more than what geomagnetic activity indices and statistical models provide. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

NEW DYNAMIC SLOT ASSIGNMENT SCHEME OF SELF-ORGANIZED TDMA VHF DATA LINK

Self- organized TDMA ( S- TDMA ) protocolproposed by Johnsson[1] in aeronautical VHF-band is the representation of the new generationVHF aeronautic data communication system.　　 A mobile station or a ground station can oc-cupy one time slot. A group of slots that span aperiod of one minute constitute one superframe.Each station broadcasts current and future slotreservation information periodically.A stationwill build up and maintain a reservation tablethrough receiving the periodic bro…     

液体推进系统充填过程的有限元状态变量模型

研究了常温推进剂液体火箭发动机充填过程的建模问题。对推进剂充填管道系统进行有限元分割，应用基本守恒定律于充满推进剂的单元和充满气体的单元，两相单元则采用等效流容方程，建立了常温推进剂管道系统充填过程的有限元状态变量模型。模型面向液体推进系统动态过程控制与通用仿真。利用该模型，对一管道充填过程进行了仿真计算，给出了有关计算结果。     

SAE线性令牌传输总线与光纤型分布式数据接口规约的比较

SAE LTPB与ANSI FDDI两种光纤高速总线规约很适合在分布式航空电子综合系统中使用,以满足下一代高性能军用飞机系统区域内、外数据的高传递速率的需要。本文从几个方面对其作了比较,旨在为设计者选择使用提供参考。     

建立航空发动机状态空间模型的修正方法

以阶跃输入响应进行模型的检验，提出了状态空间模型的修正方法：基于动态响应较好的状态空间模型，进行其矩阵B，D，F，G的修正，获得基于稳态修正的模型，解决了航空发动机状态空间模型检验与修正的问题。仿真表明，使用该方法修正的状态空间模型具有与原非线性数学模型完全一致的稳态响应和基本一致的动态过程响应。这种方法为航空发动机多变量数字电子控制器的设计奠定了强有力的基础。     

中继卫星天线指向控制策略研究

首先根据中继卫星系统中中继卫星跟踪用户星的要求,定义了中继卫星天线坐标系,推导出了中继卫星天线对用户星的跟踪规律,通过该跟踪规律可以推出中继卫星跟踪用户星时天线方位和俯仰轴转角,为了保证中继卫星与用户星之间的通信,中继卫星单址天线需要精确的指向用户星;然后详细描述了天线指向控制概念,并且设计了星上自主控制方案,星上自主控制方案由捕获和自动跟踪模式组成,一方面设计了天线捕获过程,另一方面对自动跟踪模式的天线步进逻辑进行了合理选择;最后根据推导的跟踪规律,以不同轨道的用户星作为跟踪目标,对所设计的天线指向控制系统进行了数学仿真,并且通过对仿真结果的分析验证了中继卫星单址天线指向性能。     

航天飞机末端区域能量管理段制导技术概述

末端区域能量管理段主要是控制航天飞机的动能和势能．使航天飞机最终达到进场着陆段的初始要求，以保证其最终成功着陆。在最终制导系统引入一个能量基准剖面，通过调整飞行距离、动压或速度制动使航天飞机达到标准的能量状态。将末端区域能量管理段划分为四个飞行段，并对这四个飞行段的基本设计思想、制导技术及过程进行了研究。经过实际的航天飞机飞行验证．证明这种方案具有良好的制导效果。     

临近空间飞行器测控与信息传输系统频段选择

 临近空间飞行器是高性能信息化武器平台,测控（TT&;C）与信息传输系统是其信息保障的核心,而选择合理、可行的频段是展开系统设计的前提和基础。频段选择影响到整个技术方案的制定,是一个需综合考虑、影响深远并具有战略意义的关键问题,从国际电联（ITU）国际标准、高速数传、接收信噪比（SNR）、“三抗”、超视距中继、黑障、雨衰以及设备研制成熟度8个方面全面、细致论证了近空间平台测控系统的频段选择问题,最终得出在视距链路中以Ka频段为宜,在超视距链路中以Ku/Ka双频段为宜的结论。     

电动力缆绳离轨系统中绳索建模研究

 空间碎片对在轨运行航天器的安全构成重大威胁,使废弃卫星脱离原轨道进入大气层烧毁是减少空间碎片的有效途径。利用导电缆绳与地磁场相互作用产生的洛仑兹力使卫星特别是低地球轨道卫星的轨道高度快速衰减是一种很有应用前景的离轨方式。在研究电动力缆绳离轨的刚性杆模型基础上,建立了更符合电动力缆绳特性的柔索模型,并对刚性杆模型和柔索模型进行仿真。结果表明柔索模型能更精确地体现电动力缆绳的性质。