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.     

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。     

基于最小二乘支持向量回归的混沌时间序列预测研究

研究利用最小二乘支持向量机预测混沌时间序列。混沌时间序列预测是典型的小样本学习问题,基于结构风险最小化原理的支持向量机方法,克服了神经网络易于陷入局部极值点等缺点,能够获得全局最优解。最小二乘支持向量机是一种在二次损失函数下采用等式约束求解问题的一种支持向量机,在保留支持向量机优点的同时使计算量大大减少。对典型混沌时间序列的预测结果表明,最小二乘支持向量机回归预测方法具有良好的泛化推广性能,预测精度高,适合于复杂非线性时问序列建模预测。     

在航空载荷谱作用下2024铝合金的疲劳行为

研究了在航空载荷谱TWIST作用下2024铝合金的疲劳特性。对航空载荷谱进行简化处理,对比分析了理论推导、MATLAB程序模拟和疲劳试验给出的飞机疲劳寿命预测值,并微观观察疲劳失效断口特征,分析了失效机理。结果表明：理论推导、程序模拟和疲劳试验得到的疲劳寿命预测值分别为163800,158280和134249次飞行循环;程序模拟得到飞机巡航过程中实际阵风载荷和忽略极小波动载荷的疲劳寿命预测值分别为92314和92321次飞行循环;观察疲劳断口可以发现裂纹萌生形核起源于试验件近表面,疲劳裂纹的扩展以沿晶和穿晶两种方式进行,有明显的疲劳条带,在瞬时断裂区呈现韧窝形貌。     

空间碎片碰撞预警研究

介绍了空间碎片的分布和危害，阐明了航天器进行碎片预警规避的必要性，讨论了碎片碰撞预警技术中的关键问题，用已有的碰撞和规避实例对自行研制的软件进行了计算检验，结果证明了软件的正确性，也说明了国内进行碎片预警工作的可行性．     

典型二元高超声速进气道设计方法研究

综合了一系列典型二元高超声速进气道的设计和性能估算方法, 给出了可行的设计原则.在满足流量、增压以及工作范围(起动性能和反压承受能力)的条件下, 给出了进气道进口、外压波系、内压缩通道、唇罩及隔离段的设计方法.采用此方法, 以H=22800 m、Ma0=6为设计点, 完成了一高超声速进气道的初步设计, 并估算得到了进气道性能参数、进气道的起动马赫数和反压承受能力, 对比CFD计算结果, 误差不大.通过该方法得到的进气道具有结构简单、流量系数大、压缩损失小的特点, 不通过优化即可得到性能较为良好的模型.      

方坯药预测寿命与发动机推进剂药柱实际寿命差异研究

从固化条件、贮存条件、应力状态条件和预测方法4个方面,分析了方坯药预测寿命与发动机推进剂药柱实际寿命存在差异的原因。针对以上原因提出了用修正因子、受力状态模拟试验和老化动力学研究等方法来减少这种差异的技术途径。以提高推进剂寿命预测的准确性。     

哥伦布航天器对轨道碎片撞击危害的设计考虑

简要介绍了欧洲空间局在执行哥伦布计划期间，在载人压力舱和有人照料的自由飞行器的设计阶段。对微流量和轨道碎片撞击危害的防护研究方面所做的主要工作。