Sensitivity analysis for a type of statically stable sailcrafts

Two types of sensitivities are proposed for stat- ically stable sailcrafts. One type is the sensitivities of solar-radiation-pressure force with respect to position of the center of mass, and the other type is the sensitivities of solar-radiation-pressure force with respect to attitude. The two types of sensitivities represent how the solar-radiation- pressure force changes with the position of mass center and the attitude. Sailcrafts with larger sensitivities undergo larger error of the solar-radiation-pressure force, leading to larger orbit error, as demonstrated by simulation. Then as a case study, detailed formulas are derived to calculate the sensi- tivities for sailcrafts with four triangular sails. According to these formulas, in order to reduce both types of sensitivities, the angle between opposed sails should not be too large, and the center of mass should be as close to the axis of symmetry of the four sails as possible and as far away from the center of pressure of the sailcraft as possible.

Effect of orbital errors on the geosynchronous circular synthetic aperture radar imaging and interferometric processing

The geosynchronous circular synthetic aperture radar (GEOCSAR) is an innovative SAR system,which can produce high resolution three-dimensional (3D) images and has the potential to provide 3D deformation measurement.With an orbit altitude of approximately 36 000 km,the orbit motion and orbit disturbance effects of GEOCSAR behave differently from those of the conventional spaceborne SAR.In this paper,we analyze the effects of orbit errors on GEOCSAR imaging and interferometric processing.First,we present the GEOCSAR imaging geometry and the orbit errors model based on perturbation analysis.Then,we give the GEOCSAR signal formulation based on imaging geometry,and analyze the effect of the orbit error on the output focused signal.By interferometric processing on the 3D reconstructed images,the relationship between satellite orbit errors and the interferometric phase is deduced.Simulations demonstrate the effects of orbit errors on the GEOCSAR images,interferograms,and the deformations.The conclusions are that the required relative accuracy of orbit estimation should be at centimeter level for GEOCSAR imaging at L-band,and that millimeter-scale accuracy is needed for GEOCSAR interferometric processing.

Influence of the GEO satellite orbit error fluctuation correction on the BDS WADS zone correction

Decimeter-level service is provided by the BeiDou satellite navigation system wide area differential service(BDS WADS)for users who collect carrier phase measurements.However,the fluctuations in Geostationary Earth Orbit(GEO)satellite orbit errors reduce the spatial correlation of orbit errors.These fluctuations not only decrease the accuracy and stability of zone correction service provided by BDS WADS,but also shorten its effective range.In this paper,we proposed an algorithm to weaken the influence of GEO satellite orbit error fluctuations and verified the method using data from eight sparsely distributed zones.The results show that orbit errors can be stabilized using orbit fluctuation corrections,and the positioning precision and stability of the BDS WADS can be improved simultaneously.Under normal circumstances,the horizontal and vertical positioning accuracy of users within 1000 km from the center of the zone can reach 0.19 m and 0.34 m.Furthermore,the effective range is increased.The positioning performance within 1800 km could reach 0.24 m and 0.38 m for the horizontal and vertical components,respectively.