Method of SLAS’s ground track manipulation based on tangential impulse thrust

doi:10.23919/JSEE.2023.000125

Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2023, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 1285-1293.doi: 10.23919/JSEE.2023.000125

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Method of SLAS’s ground track manipulation based on tangential impulse thrust

Xinlong LE(), Xibin CAO(), Yu DAI(), Fan WU()

¹ School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

Received:2022-09-26 Online:2023-10-18 Published:2023-10-30
Contact: Fan WU E-mail:xinlong_le@163.com;xbcao@hit.edu.cn;daiyu2677@163.com;wufanrcst@hit.edu.cn
About author:
LE Xinlong was born in 1999. He received his B.E. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology. He is pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Harbin Institute of Technology. His research interests are satellite formation, satellite orbit control. E-mail: xinlong_le@163.com

CAO Xibin was born in 1963. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology. He is a professor in Harbin Institute of Technology. He was selected as an Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, in 2019. His research interests include system design of spacecraft and system simulation. E-mail: xbcao@hit.edu.cn

DAI Yu was born in 2000. He is currently pursuing his B.E degree in the School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology. He is currently pursuing his M.S. degree in Harbin Institute of Technology. His research interest is in-orbit space environment. E-mail: daiyu2677@163.com

WU Fan was born in 1993. He received his B.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Harbin Institute of Technology. He is an associate professor in Harbin Institute of Technology. His research interests include spacecraft attitude dynamics and control and system design. E-mail: wufanrcst@hit.edu.cn
Supported by:
The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11972130) and the Heilongjiang Touyan Team Program (11972130)

Abstract

Abstract:

Satellites with altitudes below 400 km are called super low altitude satellites (SLAS), often used to achieve responsive imaging tasks. Therefore, it is important for the manipulation of its ground track. Aiming at the problem of ground track manipulation of SLAS, a control method based on tangential impulse thrust is proposed. First, the equation of the longitude difference between SLAS and the target point on the target latitude is derived based on Gauss’s variational equations. On this basis, the influence of the tangential impulse thrust on the ground track’s longitude is derived. Finally, the method for ground track manipulation of SLAS under the tangential impulse thrust is proposed. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of the method, after manipulation, the satellite can visit the target point and revisit it for multiple days.

Key words: super low altitude satellite (SLAS), ground track drift modeling, ground track manipulation, tangential impulse thrust

Xinlong LE, Xibin CAO, Yu DAI, Fan WU. Method of SLAS’s ground track manipulation based on tangential impulse thrust[J]. Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2023, 34(5): 1285-1293.

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Adjustment of the number of days/day	Change in tangent velocity/ (m·s⁻¹)	Minimum distance to the target point/km	Distance to target point without manipulation/km
3	−20.62	28.4	942.4
4	−15.04	28.8	920.0
5	−11.60	27.6	891.0
6	−9.23	27.4	855.5

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