High-precision analytical solutions for Earth coverage of constellation equipped with reentry glide vehicles

To efficiently and accurately design satellite constellations equipped with Reentry Glide Vehicles(RGVs),new analytical solutions are developed for calculating their coverage perfor-mance.Specifically,a new coverage model is established by approximating the Reentry Reachable Domain(RRD).However,the computation of real-time relative distances between satellites and targets,which is essential for coverage analysis based on this model,imposes a significant compu-tational burden.To address this challenge,a coverage analysis method based on two-dimensional map theory is proposed.This method represents the coverage conditions of a target as a fixed area on a two-dimensional map and transforms the satellite trajectory into a series of parallel lines.By determining the intersection points between these lines and the area boundaries,the coverage ana-lytical solutions for a target point are derived.On this basis,coverage theorems are presented for rapid calculation of the constellation coverage performance for an area.Simulation results demon-strate the effectiveness and high precision of the proposed analytical solutions.

Hypersonic reentry trajectory planning by using hybrid fractional-order particle swarm optimization and gravitational search algorithm

This paper proposes a novel hybrid algorithm called Fractional-order Particle Swarm optimization Gravitational Search Algorithm(FPSOGSA)and applies it to the trajectory planning of the hypersonic lifting reentry flight vehicles.The proposed method is used to calculate the control profiles to achieve the two objectives,namely a smoother trajectory and enforcement of the path constraints with terminal accuracy.The smoothness of the trajectory is achieved by scheduling the bank angle with the aid of a modified scheme known as a Quasi-Equilibrium Glide(QEG)scheme.The aerodynamic load factor and the dynamic pressure path constraints are enforced by further planning of the bank angle with the help of a constraint enforcement scheme.The maximum heating rate path constraint is enforced through the angle of attack parameterization.The Common Aero Vehicle(CAV)flight vehicle is used for the simulation purpose to test and compare the proposed method with that of the standard Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO)method and the standard Gravitational Search Algorithm(GSA).The simulation results confirm the efficiency of the proposed FPSOGSA method over the standard PSO and the GSA methods by showing its better convergence and computation efficiency.