Combining with the exigent demand of the development of satellite gravimetry system in China, aiming at the determination of technical indexes of gravity satellite orbit parameters, on the basis of the numerical exper...Combining with the exigent demand of the development of satellite gravimetry system in China, aiming at the determination of technical indexes of gravity satellite orbit parameters, on the basis of the numerical experiments and results analysis, the design indexes of gravity satellite orbit height, inter-satellite range and the orbit inclination are analyzed and calculated, and the issues towards twin gravity satellites such as coherence requirement of the orbit semi-major axes, control requirement of the pitch angle and time interval requirement to keep twin satellites formation in mobility are diseussed. Results show that the satellite orbit height is 400 km to 500 km, the inter-satellite range is about 220 km, the satellite orbit inclination is between polar orbit and sun-synchronous orbit, the semi-major axes difference of twin satellites orbit is within ± 70. 146 m, the pitch angle of twin satellites is about 0.9 degree, and the time interval to keep twin satellites formation in mobility is 7 days to 15 days.展开更多
Taking the main land of Europe as the region to be studied, the potential of the new satellite gravity technique: satellite-to-satellite tracking (SST) and improving the accuracy of regional gravity field model with t...Taking the main land of Europe as the region to be studied, the potential of the new satellite gravity technique: satellite-to-satellite tracking (SST) and improving the accuracy of regional gravity field model with the SST models are investigated. The drawbacks of these models are discussed. With GPM98C as the reference, the gravity anomaly residuals of several other models, the latest SST global gravity field models (EIGEN series and GGM series), were computed and compared. The results of the comparison show that in the selected region, some systematic errors with periodical properties exist in the EIGEN and GGM’s S series models in the high degree and order. Some information that was not shown in the classic gravity models is detected in the low and middle degree and order of EIGEN and GGM’s S series models. At last, the effective maximum degrees and orders of SST models are suggested.展开更多
We compile the GOCE-only satellite model GOSG01S complete to spherical harmonic degree of 220 using Satellite Gravity Gradiometry (SGG) data and the Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking (SST) observations along the GOC...We compile the GOCE-only satellite model GOSG01S complete to spherical harmonic degree of 220 using Satellite Gravity Gradiometry (SGG) data and the Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking (SST) observations along the GOCE orbit based on applying a least-squares analysis. The diagonal components (Vxx, Vyy, Vzz) of the gravitational gradient tensor are used to form the system of observation equations with the band-pass ARMA filter. The point-wise acceleration observations (ax, ay, az) along the orbit are used to form the system of observation equations up to the maximum spherical harmonic degree/order 130. The analysis of spectral accuracy characteristics of the newly derived gravitational model GOSG01S and the existing models GOTIM04S, GODIR04S, GOSPW04S and JYY_GOCE02S based on their comparison with the ultrahigh degree model EIGEN-6C2 reveals a significant consistency at the spectral window approximately between 80 and 190 due to the same period SGG data used to compile these models. The GOCE related satellite gravity models GOSG01S, GOTIM05S, GODIR05S, GOTIM04S, GODIR04S, GOSPW04S, JYY_- GOCE02S, EIGEN-6C2 and EGM2008 are also validated by using GPS-leveling data in China and USA. According to the truncation at degree 200, the statistic results show that all GGMs have very similar differences at GPS-leveling points in USA, and all GOCE related gravity models have better performance than EGM2008 in China. This suggests that all these models provide much more information on the gravity field than EGM2008 in areas with low terrestrial gravity coverage. And STDs of height anomaly differences in China for the selected truncation degrees show that GOCE has improved the accuracy of the global models beyond degree 90 and the accuracies of the models improve from 24 cm to 16 cm. STDs of geoid height differences in USA show that GOSG01S model has best consistency comparing with GPSleveling data for the frequency band of the degree between 20 and 160.展开更多
This study aims to assess the autonomous navigation performance of an asteroid orbiter enhanced using an inter-satellite link to a beacon satellite.Autonomous navigation includes the orbit determination of the orbiter...This study aims to assess the autonomous navigation performance of an asteroid orbiter enhanced using an inter-satellite link to a beacon satellite.Autonomous navigation includes the orbit determination of the orbiter and beacon,and asteroid gravity estimation without any ground station support.Navigation measurements were acquired using satellite-to-satellite tracking(SST)and optical observation of asteroid surface landmarks.This study presents a new orbiter-beacon SST scheme,in which the orbiter circumnavigates the asteroid in a low-altitude strongly-perturbed orbit,and the beacon remains in a high-altitude weakly-perturbed orbit.We used Asteroid 433 Eros as an example,and analyzed and designed low-and high-altitude orbits for the orbiter and beacon.The navigation measurements were precisely modeled,extended Kalman filters were devised,and observation configuration was analyzed using the Cramer-Rao lower bound(CRLB).Monte Carlo simulations were carried out to assess the effects of the orbital inclination and altitudes of the orbiter and beacon as key influencing factors.The simulation results showed that the proposed SST scheme was an effective solution for enhancing the autonomous navigation performance of the orbiter,particularly for improving the accuracy of gravity estimation.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41174026,41104047,41174017)the Key laboratory Foundation of Geo-space Environment and Geodesy of Ministry of Education(11-01-03)
文摘Combining with the exigent demand of the development of satellite gravimetry system in China, aiming at the determination of technical indexes of gravity satellite orbit parameters, on the basis of the numerical experiments and results analysis, the design indexes of gravity satellite orbit height, inter-satellite range and the orbit inclination are analyzed and calculated, and the issues towards twin gravity satellites such as coherence requirement of the orbit semi-major axes, control requirement of the pitch angle and time interval requirement to keep twin satellites formation in mobility are diseussed. Results show that the satellite orbit height is 400 km to 500 km, the inter-satellite range is about 220 km, the satellite orbit inclination is between polar orbit and sun-synchronous orbit, the semi-major axes difference of twin satellites orbit is within ± 70. 146 m, the pitch angle of twin satellites is about 0.9 degree, and the time interval to keep twin satellites formation in mobility is 7 days to 15 days.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.40574005 No.40304001 +1 种基金 No.40374006 No.40234039) .
文摘Taking the main land of Europe as the region to be studied, the potential of the new satellite gravity technique: satellite-to-satellite tracking (SST) and improving the accuracy of regional gravity field model with the SST models are investigated. The drawbacks of these models are discussed. With GPM98C as the reference, the gravity anomaly residuals of several other models, the latest SST global gravity field models (EIGEN series and GGM series), were computed and compared. The results of the comparison show that in the selected region, some systematic errors with periodical properties exist in the EIGEN and GGM’s S series models in the high degree and order. Some information that was not shown in the classic gravity models is detected in the low and middle degree and order of EIGEN and GGM’s S series models. At last, the effective maximum degrees and orders of SST models are suggested.
基金financially supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(973 program,grant no.:2013CB733302,2013CB733301)the Major International(Regional) Joint Research Project(grant no.:41210006)+1 种基金DAAD Thematic Network Project(grant no.:57173947)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.41374022)
文摘We compile the GOCE-only satellite model GOSG01S complete to spherical harmonic degree of 220 using Satellite Gravity Gradiometry (SGG) data and the Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking (SST) observations along the GOCE orbit based on applying a least-squares analysis. The diagonal components (Vxx, Vyy, Vzz) of the gravitational gradient tensor are used to form the system of observation equations with the band-pass ARMA filter. The point-wise acceleration observations (ax, ay, az) along the orbit are used to form the system of observation equations up to the maximum spherical harmonic degree/order 130. The analysis of spectral accuracy characteristics of the newly derived gravitational model GOSG01S and the existing models GOTIM04S, GODIR04S, GOSPW04S and JYY_GOCE02S based on their comparison with the ultrahigh degree model EIGEN-6C2 reveals a significant consistency at the spectral window approximately between 80 and 190 due to the same period SGG data used to compile these models. The GOCE related satellite gravity models GOSG01S, GOTIM05S, GODIR05S, GOTIM04S, GODIR04S, GOSPW04S, JYY_- GOCE02S, EIGEN-6C2 and EGM2008 are also validated by using GPS-leveling data in China and USA. According to the truncation at degree 200, the statistic results show that all GGMs have very similar differences at GPS-leveling points in USA, and all GOCE related gravity models have better performance than EGM2008 in China. This suggests that all these models provide much more information on the gravity field than EGM2008 in areas with low terrestrial gravity coverage. And STDs of height anomaly differences in China for the selected truncation degrees show that GOCE has improved the accuracy of the global models beyond degree 90 and the accuracies of the models improve from 24 cm to 16 cm. STDs of geoid height differences in USA show that GOSG01S model has best consistency comparing with GPSleveling data for the frequency band of the degree between 20 and 160.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12003054)Strategic Pilot Science and Technology(Project No.XDA3000000).
文摘This study aims to assess the autonomous navigation performance of an asteroid orbiter enhanced using an inter-satellite link to a beacon satellite.Autonomous navigation includes the orbit determination of the orbiter and beacon,and asteroid gravity estimation without any ground station support.Navigation measurements were acquired using satellite-to-satellite tracking(SST)and optical observation of asteroid surface landmarks.This study presents a new orbiter-beacon SST scheme,in which the orbiter circumnavigates the asteroid in a low-altitude strongly-perturbed orbit,and the beacon remains in a high-altitude weakly-perturbed orbit.We used Asteroid 433 Eros as an example,and analyzed and designed low-and high-altitude orbits for the orbiter and beacon.The navigation measurements were precisely modeled,extended Kalman filters were devised,and observation configuration was analyzed using the Cramer-Rao lower bound(CRLB).Monte Carlo simulations were carried out to assess the effects of the orbital inclination and altitudes of the orbiter and beacon as key influencing factors.The simulation results showed that the proposed SST scheme was an effective solution for enhancing the autonomous navigation performance of the orbiter,particularly for improving the accuracy of gravity estimation.