Sun-Synchronous Orbit Transfer Scheme Based on Solar Sail

基于太阳帆的太阳同步轨道转移方案

Institute of Precision Guidance and Control, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China

Received: 7 December 2018

Abstract

Aiming at the sun-synchronous orbit transfer task of the micro-nano satellite solar sail, the method of combining the weighted control law and the solar sail optimal direction is used for maneuvering the orbit, and a segmentation control strategy is proposed to control the local time of the descending node of target orbit. The theoretical and simulation results show that the sun-synchronous orbit transfer task can be completed by using the micro-nano satellite solar sail, and the local time of the descending node is consistent with the initial value. In addition, the local time of the descending node has a certain impact on the orbit maneuvering efficiency of the solar sail, and the task can be completed by using the segmentation control strategy on orbits with different local time of the descending node.

摘要

针对微纳卫星太阳帆的太阳同步轨道转移任务，使用加权组合控制律和太阳帆最优指向结合的方法进行轨道机动，提出了一种分段控制的策略来控制目标轨道的降交点地方时，对实际应用具有参考价值。理论和仿真结果表明，使用微纳卫星太阳帆可以完成太阳同步轨道转移任务，并保证降交点地方时和初值一致。此外，降交点地方时对太阳帆轨道机动效率具有一定的影响，使用分段控制策略在不同降交点地方时的轨道上均可完成任务。