环月探测器短弧定轨精度的仿真结果分析

以我国正在实施的探月计划嫦娥一号月球探测器飞行测控需求为背景,利用数值仿真的方法,考虑现有USB卫星测控网和中国科学院VLBI射电天文观测网分布,在观测弧段受到限制的前提下,探讨了环月探测器测轨手段和测控弧段的选择及其相应的定轨精度。     

深空探测VLBI技术综述及我国的现状和发展

甚长基线干涉测量（VLBI）技术是近年来深空探测研究领域中的研究热点之一。VLBI技术具有测量精度高,作用距离远等优点,这些优点使其在当前及未来的深空探测项目中具有广泛的应用前景。通过对数十篇相关文献的调研,重点阐述了深空探测VLBI技术的基本原理、研究现状,并对该技术的关键技术及未来发展趋势进行了分析和研究,最后介绍了我国深空探测用VLBI技术现状及发展。     

同波束VLBI技术用于月球双探测器精密定轨及重力场解算

同波束VLBI通过同时观测两个探测器的多点频信号,可以得到两个探测器之间高精度的差分相位时延,日本月球探测计划SELENE充分体现了这一技术在月球探测器精密定轨中的贡献。本文针对采样返回的月球探测任务中,轨道器和返回器同时绕月飞行期间,研究利用同波束VLBI跟踪数据在探测器精密定轨和月球重力场仿真解算中的贡献。结果表明,加入同波束VLBI跟踪数据之后,探测器定轨精度有显著提高,改进超过一个量级。综合同波束VLBI跟踪数据解算得到的重力场模型相比于传统的USB双程测距测速数据,中低阶次位系数精度有明显改进,并且定轨精度有望能达到米级。
     

Studies of strong gravitational fields near super-massive black hole horizons with space missions

General relativity (GR) can be probed by several tests in the weak gravitational field limit. On the contrary, very poor information exists about GR tests in strong gravitational fields. Here, we focus on the interaction of light rays with the strong gravitational field of a massive black hole and show that relativistic images may form. Hence, we calculate the shapes of shadows (mirages) forming just near BH horizons and discuss the possibility to estimate the black hole parameters (mass, spin and charge) by future astrometric missions. In 2007, the Radioastron space telescope will be launched and it will allow to evaluate those parameters for the black hole hosted at the center of our Galaxy.     

USB与VLBI联合确定“嫦娥一号”卫星撞月点的位置

2009年3月1日,“嫦娥一号”卫星成功撞击月球,准确撞击位于月球“丰富海”的预定区域     

佘山VLBI站本振系统的性能评定

氢钟是甚长基线干涉仪(VLBI)中的一个关键系统。主要介绍与国际VLBI联测而建立的高质量频率标准的性能及氢钟的联接与技术要求。     

月球重力场对“嫦娥一号”近月轨道的影响

2008年12月6日“嫦娥一号”卫星开始了为期半个月的变轨试验,卫星距离月球表面最近处 约为15 km,这在国内尚属首次。试验期间,国内USB和VLBI测控网进行了跟踪测量,获取了 卫星不同飞行高度的测轨资料。通过对变轨试验期间的USB和VLBI测量数据的定轨计算,分 析了月球重力场误差对于绕月低轨卫星的影响,计算表明,尽管目前的月球重力场模型高阶 项由于没有月球背面的测量数据而不准确,但对绕月低轨卫星的定轨精度提高仍然有重要帮 助。分析了VLBI数据对绕月低轨卫星定轨的贡献,比较了USB数据单独定轨以及USB和 VLBI联合定轨两种情况,结果表明VLBI数据的加入可有效提高定轨精度。该工作对于我国后 续月球探测工程具有一定的借鉴意义。
     

萤火一号火星轨道器开环追踪技术

中国首个火星探测器萤火一号计划于2009年10月和俄罗斯的火卫一采样探测器一道发射升空。萤火一号将探测火星的空间环境,并验证深空导航测控与通信技术。与常规的火星探测任务不同,该探测器的轨道与位置测量主要利用天文甚长基线干涉测量技术、开环跟踪测量技术、差分单程测距测速技术、同波束干涉测量技术以及单程Doppler测速技术承担。     

Integer phase ambiguity estimation in next-generation geodetic Very Long Baseline Interferometry

Next-generation Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) system designs are aiming at 1 mm global position accuracy. In order to achieve this, it is not only necessary to deploy improved VLBI systems, but also to develop analysis strategies that take full advantage of the observations taken. Since the new systems are expected to incorporate four independent radio frequency bands, it should be feasible to resolve phase ambiguities directly from post-correlation data, providing roughly an order of magnitude improvement in precision of the delay observable. As the unknown ambiguities are of integer nature, it is discussed here how they the can be resolved analytically using algorithms which have been developed for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) applications. Furthermore, it will be shown that ionosphere contribution and source structure effects, so-called core-shifts, can be solved simultaneously with the delay, which is the main geodetic observable for follow-on analysis. In order to verify the proposed algorithm, simulated observations were created using parameters from actual design studies. It is shown that, even in the case of low signal-to-noise ratio observations, reliable phase ambiguity resolution can be achieved and it is discussed how the integer ambiguity recovery depends on the number of observations and signal-to-noise ratio.