一种新的星模式识别算法

研究了面向星敏感器的星模式识别算法。首先扼要介绍了到目前为止出现的所有面向星敏感器的星模式识别算法和星图预处理，然后详细论述了本文提出的基于旋转和比例不变点特征松弛匹配算法的一种新的面向星敏感器的星模式识别算法。在第三部分通过仿真试验检验了新算法的性能。初步的仿真试验结果表明该星模式识别算法性能优良，具有实用价值。最后讨论了待深入研究的问题。     

高精度高动态星模拟器研究

给出了高精度高动态星模拟器系统组成和总体结构, 提出一种基于亚像素显示技术提高动态星模拟器星点位置显示精度从而减小星点几何中心与能量中心位置偏差的新方法. 针对动态星模拟器高动态性要求, 提出一种快速精确检索全天球导航星的新方法, 将已知SAO (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) 星表进行分区, 计算当前姿态四元数并分析航天器视轴所在区域, 对于距离视轴较远区域停止搜索和匹配, 很大程度上缩小了导航星搜索范围, 进而缩短了全天球恒星遍历所需时间. 软件测试结果表明, 此快速检索法可使全天球导航星的选取速度提高近10倍.     

一种模拟CCD星图的方法

星识别算法在空间飞行器自主姿确定系统中是不可缺少的。同时将ＣＣＤ所拍摄的星图作为算法的输入,无论是软件调试还是地面试验,抑或是对各种算法的评估,也是必不可缺少。     

全天球实时恒星模拟器技术

阐述了研制全天球实时恒星模拟器的意义以及国内外发展趋势,介绍第二代恒星模拟器的系统组成、特点、技术指标以及解决的技术问题。     

一种新的全天自主星图识别算法

在星图识别领域三角形算法得到了广泛的应用，但是在星对角距很小的情况下，其识别率严重降低。字符匹配算法可以解决这个问题，但是它无法识别由于相机在拍摄瞬问的平移和旋转而产生位移的星图。为了克服这一缺陷，提出了一种有效的星图识别算法，该算法在生成导航星数据库时以一些一定范围内的亮星为中心，把整个天球分为很多个四方形区域，然后根据被拍摄星图的特点从这些四方形区域内选取子区域参与星图识别。仿真结果表明该算法不但继承了字符匹配算法的优点，而且对星图位移有很强的鲁棒性。     

连续均匀热气流中液核/袋状破碎特性实验

为了获得热气流中单液滴液核/袋状破碎特性,采用高速摄像机对液滴变形、破碎过程进行了捕获.实验设计工况下所得结果表明:①液核/袋状破碎过程是液滴中液体流动与外界气动力共同作用下发生的,可以分为伞形破碎与勺形破碎;②液滴初始直径减小、气流温度增加,都可以降低液滴发生液核/袋状破碎所需最小气动力;③液滴破碎特征时间,随气动力增加呈负增长变化趋势,其值与变化梯度都随液滴初始直径增加而增大;④子液滴质量分数随气动力增加而增加,且随液滴初始直径增加而减小;⑤子液滴群质量分数的空间离散度都随气动力增加而增加.      

Progress of Double Star Program

The Double Star Programme (DSP) is the first joint space mission between China and ESA. The mission, which is made of two spacecraft, is designed to investigate the magnetospheric global processes and their response to the interplanetary disturbances in conjunction with the Cluster mission. The first spacecraft, TC-1 (Tan Ce means "Explorer"), was launched on 30 December 2003, and the second one, TC-2, on 25 July 2004 on board two Chinese Long March 2C. Due to the importance of and success of DSP, both CNSA and ESA approved the extension of DSP. This paper presents DSP mission and some important scientific results made based on the data of DSP.     

Cost-driven design of small satellite remote sensing systems*

Earth remote sensing (alongside communications) is one of the key application of Earth-orbiting satellites. Civilian satellites in the LANDSAT and SPOT series provide Earth images which have been used for a vast spectrum of applications in agriculture, meteorology, hydrology, urban planning and geology, to name but a few. In the defence sector, satellite remote sensing systems are a critical tool in strategic and tactical planning – for the countries which can afford them. To date, remote sensing satellites have fallen into one of these two categories: military missions driven by the requirement for very high resolution and orbital agility; and multipurpose civil satellites using general purpose sensors to serve a diverse community of end users. For military-style missions, the drive to high resolution sets the requirements for optics, attitude control and downlink data bandwidth. For civil missions, the requirement to satisfy multiple, diverse user applications forces compromises on spectral band and orbit selection. Although there are exceptions, many small satellite remote sensing missions carry on in this tradition, concentrating on ultra high resolution products for multiple user communities. This results in satellites costing on the order of US $100 M, not optimised for any particular application. This paper explores an alternative path to satellite remote sensing, aiming simultaneously to reduce cost and to optimise imaging products for specific applications. By decreasing the cost of the remote sensing satellite system to a critical point, it becomes appropriate to optimise the sensor's spectral and temporal characteristics to fit the requirements of a small, specialised user base. The critical engineering trade-off faced in a cost driven mission is how to reduce mission cost while still delivering a useful product to the selected user. At the Surrey Space Centre, we have pursued an engineering path using two dimensional CCD array sensors, commercial off-the-shelf lenses and gravity-gradient stabilised microsatellites. In spite of the inherent limitations of such systems, recent successes with the Thai Microsatellite Company's Thai-Phutt satellite show that a system costing in the region of US $3 million, can approach the spectral and spatial characteristics of LANDSAT. Surrey's UoSAT-12 minisatellite (to be launched April, 1999) will further develop this cost-driven approach to provide 10 m panchromatic resolution and 30 m multi-spectral resolution. This paper describes the Thai-Phutt and UoSAT-12 imaging systems, explaining the engineering methods and trade-offs. Although Surrey is presently the only centre presently pursuing such implementations, our paper shows that they deserve wider consideration.     

捷联惯性/大视场星光组合导航方法研究

近年来,使用星敏感器的导弹、火箭惯性组合导航成为国内外研究的热点.本文对捷联惯性/大视场星光组合导航方法进行了研究,建立了卡尔曼滤波方程,并利用SINS误差转移矩阵方法估计主动段导航误差.数学仿真表明:捷联惯性/大视场星光组合导航方法不仅可以修正姿态角偏差和陀螺常值漂移,还可以对主动段的速度、位置误差有很好的估计效果.