地球同步转移轨道数字式太阳敏感器视场局部修正

在地球同步转移轨道远地点点火期间,星敏可能无法正常工作,提出了数太视场局部修正方法。在星上计算能力充裕、卫星平台稳定的巡航对日模式下,星敏可正常工作,通过规划卫星姿态机动,使太阳在数太视场内的运行轨迹形成一个局部封闭区域,且这个区域需包含远地点点火期间太阳运行路径,地面通过遥测获取姿态机动期间数太和星敏数据,并以星敏数据为基准,采用二维平面拟合的方式完成对数太视场的局部修正。数学仿真结果显示,修正区域内数太测量误差比修正前小1个数量级,证明了该方法的有效性。     

GTO卫星飞行温度预计方法与在轨验证

为了提高GTO轨道卫星温度预计的准确度,文章建立了卫星瞬态热分析模型。针对GTO特定工况,采用时段平均当量法模拟太阳翼变化规律供电时仪器间断工作热耗,并在整星热分析中应用PSCHG函数模拟贮箱推进剂相变换热以及推进系统管路温度预计方法等,准确地预计了GTO卫星在轨瞬时温度及变轨期间推进系统温度,验证结果表明：温度预计值...     

Space debris observations with the Slovak AGO70 telescope: Astrometry and light curves

The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (FMPI) operates its own 0.7-m Newtonian telescope (AGO70) dedicated to the space surveillance tracking and research, with an emphasis on space debris. The observation planning focuses on objects on geosynchronous (GEO), eccentric (GTO and Molniya) and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) orbits. To verify the system’s capabilities, we conducted an observation campaign in 2017, 2018 and 2019 focused on astrometric and photometric measurements. In last two years we have built up a light curve catalogue of space debris which is now freely available for the scientific community. We report periodic signals extracted from more than 285 light curves of 226 individual objects. We constructed phase diagrams for 153 light curves for which we obtained apparent amplitudes.     

Optimising filtering of two-line element sets to increase re-entry prediction accuracy for GTO objects

Predicting re-entry epoch of space objects enables managing the risk to ground population. Predictions are particularly difficult for objects in highly-elliptical orbits, and important for objects with components that can survive re-entry, e.g. rocket bodies (R/Bs). This paper presents a methodology to filter two-line element sets (TLEs) to facilitate accurate re-entry prediction of such objects. Difficulties in using TLEs for precise analyses are highlighted and a set of filters that identifies erroneous element sets is developed. The filter settings are optimised using an artificially generated TLE time series. Optimisation results are verified on real TLEs by analysing the automatically found outliers for exemplar R/Bs. Based on a study of 96 historical re-entries, it is shown that TLE filtering is necessary on all orbital elements that are being used in a given analysis in order to avoid considerably inaccurate results.     

Compliance of disposal orbits with the French Space Operations Act: The Good Practices and the STELA tool

Space debris mitigation is one objective of the French Space Operations Act (FSOA), in line with Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) recommendations, through the removal of non-operational objects from populated regions. At the end of their mission, space objects are to be placed on orbits that will minimize future hazards to space objects orbiting in the same region. The FSOA, which came into force in 2010, ensures that technical risks associated with space activities are properly mitigated. The Act confers CNES a central support role in providing technical expertise to government on regulations dealing with space operations. In order to address the compliance of disposal orbits with the law technical requirements, CNES draws up Good Practices as well as a dedicated tool, Semi-analytic Tool for End of Life Analysis (STELA).