Assessment of the close approach frequency and collision probability for satellites in different configurations of large constellations

The Earth orbital environment is drastically changing due to an intensification of the space activities. In particular, several projects of large constellations, proposed for the next years for communications purpose like global internet access, Internet of Things, or for Earth observations, will lead to the deployment of several thousands of new satellites at an unprecedented rate. It is a crucial challenge for space traffic management, which will deal with a great number of satellite conjunctions, potentially causing a collision with damaging consequences for the constellation itself and the space environment sustainability.In this paper, we investigate the close approach frequency and the cumulative collision probability for each referenced constellation. For this purpose, we compute the orbital evolution of satellites in different constellations during the lifecycle, from the deployment to the decommissioning, and we apply the CUBE algorithm and the Foster method to assess the collision probability with the background space debris population assuming a constant uncertainty in position. We show the variation of risk defined by the close approach frequency and the cumulative collision probability as a function of the proposed configuration. In particular, satellites of the Iridium and Kuiper constellation, but also satellite of the Telesat constellation on polar orbits are the most exposed at a collision. Moreover, the decommissioning phase contribute for a major part to the final cumulative collision probability.     

A survey of safety separation management and collision avoidance approaches of civil UAS operating in integration national airspace system

Recent years have witnessed a booming of the industry of civil Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). As an emerging industry, the UAS industry has been attracting great attention from governments of all countries and the aviation industry. UAS are highly digitalized, informationized, and intelligent; therefore, their integration into the national airspace system has become an important trend in the development of civil aviation. However, the complexity of UAS operation poses great challenges to the traditional aviation regulatory system and technical means. How to prevent collisions between UASs and between UAS and manned aircraft to achieve safe and efficient operation in the integrated operating airspace has become a common challenge for industry and academia around the world. In recent years, the international community has carried out a great amount of work and experiments in the air traffic management of UAS and some of the key technologies. This paper attempts to make a review of the UAS separation management and key technologies in collision avoidance in the integrated airspace, mainly focusing on the current situation of UAS Traffic Management (UTM), safety separation standards, detection system, collision risk prediction, collision avoidance, safety risk assessment, etc., as well as an analysis of the bottlenecks that the current researches encountered and their development trends, so as to provide some insights and references for further research in this regard. Finally, this paper makes a further summary of some of the research highlights and challenges.     

Space traffic control: a view of the future

This paper provides an overview of a system for providing reliable, ongoing, timely situational awareness services to satellite operators. Such services would include close approach warnings, warnings of potential radio frequency interference, and other offerings designed to help make operators aware of possible threats to the safe operation of their spacecraft and measures they can take to lessen these threats. The paper discusses current trends, proposes operational requirements, and speculates on the type of organization that may emerge to provide space traffic control services. It highlights how the detailed information required for such services may affect the evolution of the use of space.     

A novel biased proportional navigation guidance law for close approach phase

A novel biased proportional navigation guidance (BPNG) law is proposed for the close approach phase, which aims to make the spacecraft rendezvous with the target in specific relative range and direction. Firstly, in order to describe the special guidance requirements, the concept of zero effort miss vector is proposed and the dangerous area where there exists collision risk for safety consideration is defined. Secondly, the BPNG, which decouples the range control and direc-tion control, is designed in the line-of-sight (LOS) rotation coordinate system. The theoretical anal-ysis proves that BPNG meets guidance requirements quite well. Thirdly, for the consideration of fuel consumption, the optimal biased proportional navigation guidance (OBPNG) law is derived by solving the Schwartz inequality. Finally, simulation results show that BPNG is effective for the close approach with the ability of evading the dangerous area and OBPNG consumes less fuel compared with BPNG.     

基于火箭橇的无人机碰撞民用飞机试验技术研究

无人机碰撞民用飞机关键部位损伤程度的研究是民航领域关注的新型热点问题。本文首次提出采用 火箭橇试验评估无人机碰撞民用飞机的安全性。通过对碰撞速度、碰撞位置、无人机姿态、参数测量等进行研 究,设计碰撞技术方案,论述火箭橇的设计、弹道控制设计、强度校核和测试方案,并进行试验验证和仿真计算。 结果表明:本文设计的火箭橇碰撞试验方案是可行的,实现了单一弹道上的连续多点碰撞及多视角、全覆盖、高 稳定的全过程记录;可为后续开展同类碰撞试验提供必要的技术参考,所开展的多发次碰撞试验也为无人机碰 撞民用飞机的安全性评估提供了有效的试验数据。     

一种柔性空间双臂机器人的协同控制和避障方法

针对柔性空间机械臂在轨服务应用需求,提出一种基于刚体运动与柔性振动相耦合的空间双臂机器人协同控制方法.首先引入空间位姿变量的概念,构造出面向协同控制目标的Jacobian矩阵,建立柔性空间机器人系统的刚柔耦合动力学模型,基于指定的最小距离得到其运动学逆解,并根据系统动量矩守恒关系及系统的Jacobian矩阵,并根据机械臂末端的运动速度,然后采用阻尼最小二乘法得出关节角度,使柔性空间机器人能够有效完成协同控制和空间避障任务,并基于RecurDyn V7R5软件环境验证算法的正确性.最后,基于SolidWorks和ADAMS虚拟样机建立柔性空间机器人系统的立体CAD模型,并结合空间在轨搬运任务进行模拟仿真,柔性空间机器人关节操作和运动轨迹的仿真结果图验证了本文算法的有效性.     

复杂动态环境下无人飞行器动态避障近似最优轨迹规划

针对复杂动态环境下无人飞行器的动态障碍规避问题,基于合理假设建立了无人飞行器和动态障碍的运动学模型,并综合考虑无人飞行器飞行过程中的终端约束、控制输入约束、安全避障约束等,以能量最少为性能指标构建动态避障问题数学描述。之后,针对终端约束和控制输入约束,依据优化模型预测静态规划算法(OMPSP)生成初始轨迹;针对动态避障问题的不等式约束,引入松弛变量并结合滑模变结构控制方法设计松弛变量动力学,实现对一个、多个或同时多个动态障碍的安全规避;最后,依据有限时间微分动态规划(RHDDP)算法进行轨迹优化,获得满足上述各种约束并能规避动态障碍的近似最优轨迹。     

A new steering approach for VSCMGs with high precision

A new variable speed control moment gyro (VSCMG) steering law is proposed in order to achieve higher torque precision. The dynamics of VSCMGs is established, and two work modes are then designed according to command torque:control momentum gyro (CMG)/reaction wheel (RW) hybrid mode for the large torque case and RW single mode for the small. When working in the CMG/RW hybrid mode, the steering law deals with the gimbal dead-zone nonlinearity through compensation by RW sub-mode. This is in contrast to the conventional CMG singularity avoidance and wheel speed equalization, as well as the proof of definitely hyperbolic singular property of the CMG sub-mode. When working in the RW single mode, the motion of gimbals will be locked. Both the transition from CMG/RW hybrid mode to RW single mode and the reverse are studied. During the transition, wheel speed equalization and singularity avoidance of both the CMG and RW sub-modes are considered. A steering law for the RWs with locked gimbals is presented. It is shown by simulations that the VSCMGs with this new steering law could reach a better torque precision than the normal CMGs in the case of both large and small torques.     

一种新的综合TF／TA最优航迹算法

综合ＴＦ／ＴＡ是新一代低空突防技术，ＴＦ／ＴＡ最优航迹的计算是其控制系统的核心。文中提出了一种新的综合ＴＦ／ＴＡ最优航迹算法，它用动态规划和树型搜索相结合的方法，实时计算综合ＴＦ／ＴＡ最优航迹。算法考虑了飞机机动能力的约束，使最优航迹在不需要平滑处理时就是一个可实现航迹。另外还考虑了威胁的影响，使最优航迹能有效地进行威胁回避。计算结果表明，所得的最优航迹具有综合地形跟踪／回避和威胁回避的能力。     

基于DDPG的单目无人机避障算法

提出了一种基于单目相机的小型多旋翼无人机的连续避障策略。所提出的方法包括深度估计和导航决策两个模块。其中,在深度估计模块采用条件对抗网络对无人机采集得到的RGB图片进行训练预处理,在导航决策模块采用深度确定性策略梯度(DDPG)算法实现无人机的连续避障。在此基础上,对DDPG中的Actor网络进行改进,通过使用多模态网络代替原有策略网络,从而抑制无人机飞行震动,提高避障能力。最后,在Airsim仿真环境中进行测试,实验表明所提算法模型经过训练能够使无人机成功躲避障碍物并到达指定目标点,与原有算法相比避障轨迹得到明显改善。