Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2018, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 98-104.doi: 10.21629/JSEE.2018.01.10

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Analysis of detection capabilities of LEO reconnaissance satellite constellation based on coverage performance

Shaofei MENG*(), Jiansheng SHU(), Qi YANG(), Wei XIA()   

  • Received:2016-05-27 Online:2018-02-26 Published:2018-02-23
  • Contact: Shaofei MENG E-mail:shaofei_m@sina.com;s20140720@126.com;yangqi@163.com;xiawei66@163.com
  • About author:MENG Shaofei was born in 1989. He is a Ph.D. student in Xi'an Research Institute of High-tech. His research interests include flight vehicle preliminary design, flight dynamics and guidance and constellation configuration design. E-mail: shaofei_m@sina.com|SHU Jiansheng was born in 1972. He received his Ph.D. degree from Xi'an Research Institute of Hightech in 2009. He is currently an associate professor in Xi'an Research Institute of High-tech. His research interests include military operations theory and application, combat model and simulation, and command decision analysis. E-mail: s20140720@126.com|YANG Qi was born in 1983. He is a Ph.D. student in Xi'an Research Institute of High-tech. His research interests include flight vehicle preliminary design, flight dynamics and guidance and precision guidance and semi-physical simulation. E-mail: epgc_ yangqi@163.com|XIA Wei was born in 1982. He is a Ph.D. student in Xi'an Research Institute of High-tech. His research interests include military operations theory and application, combat model and simulation. E-mail: xiawei66@163.com

Abstract:

In the design problem of low earth orbit (LEO) reconnaissance satellite constellation, optimization of coverage performance is the design goal in most current methods. However, in the using process, the user only concerns with the detection capabilities rather than coverage performance. To establish the relationship between these two aspects, the reconnaissance processes of normal stochastic targets are considered and the mathematic models of detection processes are built. The indicators of coverage performance are used to evaluate the detection probability and expectation of detection time delay, which are important factors in reconnaissance constellation estimation viewed from military intelligence discipline. The conclusions confirmed by the final simulation will be useful in LEO reconnaissance constellation design, optimization and evaluation.

Key words: low earth orbit (LEO) reconnaissance satellite constellation, detection capability, Monte Carlo experiment