Optical orbital debris spotter

The number of man-made debris objects orbiting the Earth, or orbital debris, is alarmingly increasing, resulting in the increased probability of degradation, damage, or destruction of operating spacecraft. In part, small objects (<10 cm) in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) are of concern because they are abundant and difficult to track or even to detect on a routine basis. Due to the increasing debris population it is reasonable to assume that improved capabilities for on-orbit damage attribution, in addition to increased capabilities to detect and track small objects are needed. Here we present a sensor concept to detect small debris with sizes between approximately 1.0 and 0.01 cm in the vicinity of a host spacecraft for near real time damage attribution and characterization of dense debris fields and potentially to provide additional data to existing debris models.     

一种空间拦截卫星的制导方法研究

研究了一种用于拦截卫星的中制导和末制导方法。首先在已有卫星运行轨道上适当选择一点作为预定拦截点。拦截飞行器先采取垂直上升,然后进入中制导过程,采用Lambert制导中的最小能量策略,将其导入一个含预定拦截点的椭圆轨道,直到拦截飞行器上的导引头捕获并持续跟踪目标时转入末制导,末制导过程选用滑模变结构制导律进行控制。最后对设计的制导方法进行仿真分析,验证了该方法的正确性和有效性。     

Assessment of the consequences of the Fengyun-1C breakup in low Earth orbit

On 11 January 2007, the People’s Republic of China conducted a successful anti-satellite test against one of their defunct polar-orbiting weather satellites. The target satellite, called Fengyun-1C, had a mass of 880 kg and was orbiting at an altitude of about 863 km when the collision occurred. Struck by a direct-ascent interceptor at a speed of 9.36 km/s, the satellite disintegrated, spreading the cataloged fragments between 200 and 4000 km, with the highest concentration near the breakup height. By the end of April 2008, 2377 pieces of debris, including the original payload remnant, had officially been cataloged by the US Space Surveillance Network. Of these, nearly 1% had reentered the Earth’s atmosphere. This deliberate act is the largest debris-generating event on record, and its consequences will adversely affect circumterrestrial space for many years.     

空天信息支持反卫星作战军事概念模型

以空天信息支持反卫星作战为基础,分析了反卫星作战的工作过程,综合采用形式化概念建模语言,重点建立了空天信息支持反卫星作战的军事概念模型,为建立数学模型、逻辑模型提供足够完备和详尽的信息,为模型的验证提供可追踪的参照.     

小型寻的拦截器和它的轨控微型固体火箭综述

较详细的介绍了美国小型寻的反卫星拦截器和它的轨控微型固体火箭。该武器属于常规反卫星系统,是当前必须研究的方向,它的设计思想、方案构成、材料选择等具有独特的新颖性,值得借鉴。