椭圆参照轨道的理想卫星编队队形设计

为了建立椭圆参照轨道卫星编队飞行的理想编队队形,该文从参照轨道要素描述的精确相对运动方程出发,概括出椭圆参照轨道的编队运动特点。依据这些特点,找到了几类具有特殊几何构形的理想编队轨道,并分析设计出由三颗星组成的用于遥感探测的3种编队队形。利用参照轨道要素方法能较方便地找到可能存在的理想编队轨道和队形,并解出相应的轨道要素;为设计有实用价值的考虑摄动的自然编队轨道和进行编队初始化提供科学依据。

Ideal satellite formation configuration with an elliptic reference orbit

To design the ideal satellite formation configurations with an elliptical reference orbit, the characteristics of the relative motion are summarized from the precise equtions in terms of the reference orbital elements.Several ideal formation orbits were produced with specific geometric features.Three ideal configurations were developed for three-satellite formations which can be used for remote sensing missions.The reference orbital elements approach is convenient for designing ideal formation orbits and configurations and can select the satellites' initial states according to the formation features.The ideal formation design can be used to determine the natural formation design,which is more complicated but more useful due to perturbation effects,and the formation initialization.