Shift control method for the local time at descendi ngnode based on sun-synchronous orbit satellite

This article analyzes the shift factors of the descending node local time for sun-synchronous satellites and proposes a shift control method to keep the local time shift within an allowance range. It is found that the satellite orbit design and the orbit injection deviation are the causes for the initial shift velocity, whereas the atmospheric drag and the sun gravitational perturbation produce the shift acceleration. To deal with these shift factors, a shift control method is put forward, through such methods as orbit variation design, orbit altitude, and inclination keeping control. The simulation experiment and practical application have proved the effectiveness of this control method.

Practical Optimization of Low-Thrust Minimum-Time Orbital Rendezvous in Sun-Synchronous Orbits

High-specific-impulse electric propulsion technology is promising for future space robotic debris removal in sun-synchronous orbits.Such a prospect involves solving a class of challenging problems of low-thrust orbital rendezvous between an active spacecraft and a free-flying debris.This study focuses on computing optimal low-thrust minimum-time many-revolution trajectories,considering the effects of the Earth oblateness perturbations and null thrust in Earth shadow.Firstly,a set of mean-element orbital dynamic equations of a chaser(spacecraft)and a target(debris)are derived by using the orbital averaging technique,and specifically a slow-changing state of the mean longitude difference is proposed to accommodate to the rendezvous problem.Subsequently,the corresponding optimal control problem is formulated based on the mean elements and their associated costate variables in terms of Pontryagin’s maximum principle,and a practical optimization procedure is adopted to find the specific initial costate variables,wherein the necessary conditions of the optimal solutions are all satisfied.Afterwards,the optimal control profile obtained in mean elements is then mapped into the counterpart that is employed by the osculating orbital dynamics.A simple correction strategy about the initialization of the mean elements,specifically the differential mean true longitude,is suggested,which is capable of minimizing the terminal orbital rendezvous errors for propagating orbital dynamics expressed by both mean and osculating elements.Finally,numerical examples are presented,and specifically,the terminal orbital rendezvous accuracy is verified by solving hundreds of rendezvous problems,demonstrating the effectiveness of the optimization method proposed in this article.

Significant impacts of the TRMM satellite orbit boost on climatological records of tropical precipitation

With the unprecedented spaceborne precipitation radar(PR),the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission(TRMM) satellite has collected high-quality precipitation measurements for over ten years.The TRMM/PR data are nowadays extensively exploited in numerous meteorological and hydrological fields.Yet an artificial orbit boost of the TRMM satellite in August 2001 modulated the observation parameters,which inevitably affects climatological applications of the PR data and needs to be clarified.This study investigates the orbit boost effects of the TRMM satellite on the PR-derived precipitation characteristics.Both the potential impacts on precipitation frequency(PF) and precipitation intensity(PI) are carefully analyzed.The results show that the total PF decreases by 8.3% and PI increases by 4.0% over the tropics after the orbit boost.Such changes significantly exceed the natural variabilities and imply the strong effects of orbit boost on precipitation characteristics.The impacts on stratiform precipitation and convective precipitation are inconsistent,which is attributed to their distinct precipitation features.Further analysis reveal that the increased PI of stratiform precipitation is mainly due to the decreased frequencies of light precipitation,while the semi-constant PI of convective precipitation is caused by the concurrently decreased frequencies of light and heavy precipitation.A modification is applied to the post-boost PR precipitation data to retrieve the actual trends of tropical precipitation characteristics.It is found that the PI of total-precipitation approximately keeps invariable from 1998 to 2005.The total PF has no obvious trend over tropical oceans but decreases considerably over tropical lands.

低纬过程的轨道驱动

气候变化轨道驱动的发现,使古气候研究进入了定量探索变化机理的新阶段。然而经典版本的米兰科维奇学说只考虑北半球高纬区的辐射量变化,与新发现的地质记录和热带过程在现代气候中所起的作用相矛盾。文章简要地综述以贸易风与季风系统为主的低纬过程如何响应轨道变化,指出岁差与偏心率周期通过驱动热带过程影响全球气候的重要性,建议在古气候研究中发展新思路,重视区别高、低纬区不同过程的轨道周期,从高、低纬区相互作用的角度研究气候变化的机理。

关于夏天中伏天数的探究

通过给出夏至节气后各日日序的方法,得到了判断夏天中伏天数的一般规律.据此可知,从长期看来,夏天中伏为20天的年份占71.37%,中伏为10天的年份占28.63%.

推扫CCD相机对地观测卫星的轨道设计

针对推扫电荷耦合器件(CCD)相机成像特点,根据太阳同步回归轨道卫星轨道设计方法,给出了CCD光学对地观测卫星的轨道高度设计方案,并分析了所设计轨道的地面光照条件。结果表明设计方案合理可行。

静止轨道微波卫星热带气旋高分辨率观测仿真

热带气旋在我国沿海区域频发,造成不可估计的损失,将卫星探测数据转化成可观察的亮温显示图像使得研究人员可以实时地观察热带气旋走向。文中主要基于WinSCP工具解决了将目标亮温系统产生的亮温数据集自动传输到亮温显示模块的问题,WinSCP原为手动操作同步于不同操作系统间文件的工具,文中利用脚本来运行WinSCP工具,成功实现了将目标亮温建模系统生成的亮温数据文件自动传输到亮温显示系统中,从而使得亮温数据可以实时地输入亮温显示系统,并显示目标区域热带气旋的生成发展过程。

A new solar sail orbit

Solar sail is used to achieve a geocentric sun-synchronous frozen orbit.This kind of orbit combines the characteristics of both sun-synchronous orbits and frozen orbits.Furthermore,the impossible orbits for a typical spacecraft such as sun-synchronous orbits whose inclination is less than 90° are also possible for solar sail.To achieve a sun-synchronous frozen orbit,the characteristic acceleration of the sail is chosen properly.In addition,the attitude of the sail is adjusted to keep the sun-synchronous and frozen characteristics.The perturbations including atmosphere drag,third-body gravitational forces and shaded regions are discussed,where the atmosphere drag is cancelled by solar radiation pressure force,third-body gravitational forces have negligible effects on the orbit and the shaded region can be avoided by choosing the classical orbit elements of the sail.At last,a numerical example is employed to validate the sun-synchronous frozen characteristics of the sail.

Target sequence optimization for multiple debris rendezvous using low thrust based on characteristics of SSO

A method is proposed to select the target sequence for a J 2-perturbed multiple debris rendezvous mission aimed at removing dozens of debris from several thousand debris candidates running on sun-synchronous orbits(SSO).The solving methodology proceeds in two steps:Firstly,the variance of the right ascension of ascending node(RAAN)of the debris group is used for narrowing down the potential debris candidate;secondly,the debris of the candidate group that has closest RAAN to the current debris is chosen as the next debris.The low thrust near-minimum-fuel trajectories of each rendezvous leg are obtained by the indirect optimization method.The proposed approach is demonstrated for the problem of the 8th China Trajectory Optimization Competition(CTOC).The radar cross section(RCS)of the debris is also considered in the first step since the primary performance index of the competition is to maximize the total RCS of the debris visited.The results show that the proposed approach achieves better performance within a competition period.Of the many rendezvous sequences found,the best one submitted for the competition obtained a total RCS of 184 by accomplishing rendezvous with 70 debris within a transfer duration of one year.

Exploring cyclic changes of the ocean carbon reservoir

A 5-Ma record from ODP Site 1143 has re-vealed the long-term cycles of 400—500 ka in the carbon isotope variations. The periodicity is correlatable all over the global ocean and hence indicative of low-frequency changes in the ocean carbon reservoir. As the same periodicity is also found in carbonate and eolian dust records in the tropical ocean, it may have been caused by such low-latitude proc-esses like monsoon. According to the Quaternary records from Site 1143 and elsewhere, major ice-sheet expansion and major transition in glacial cyclicity (such as the Mid-Brunhes Event and the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution ) were all pre-ceded by reorganization in the ocean carbon reservoir ex-pressed as an episode of carbon isotope maximum (d 13Cmax), implying the role of carbon cycling in modulating the glacial periodicity. The Quaternary glacial cycles, therefore, should no more be ascribed to the physical response to insolation changes at the Northern Hemisphere high latitudes alone; rather, they have been driven by the 揹ouble forcing? a combination of processes at both high and low latitudes, and of processes in both physical (ice-sheet) and biogeochemical (carbon cycling) realms. As the Earth is now passing through a new carbon isotope maximum, it is of vital impor-tance to understand the cyclic variations in the ocean carbon reservoir and its climate impact. The Pre-Quaternary varia-tions in carbon and oxygen isotopes are characterized by their co-variations at the 400-ka eccentricity band, but the response of d 13C and d 18O to orbital forcing in the Quater-nary became diverged with the growth of the Arctic ice-sheet. The present paper is the second summary report of ODP Leg 184 to the South China Sea.