CONFIGURATION CONSTRUCTION AND ATTITUDE CONTROL METHOD FOR PYRAMID DEORBIT SAIL
20230113577 · 2023-04-13
Assignee
Inventors
- Jingrui ZHANG (Beijing, CN)
- Ruonan ZHANG (Beijing, CN)
- Keying YANG (Beijing, CN)
- Lincheng LI (Beijing, CN)
Cpc classification
B64G1/245
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Y02T90/00
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
International classification
Abstract
Provided is a configuration construction and attitude control method for a pyramid deorbit sail. By taking into consideration environmental perturbation like atmospheric resistance perturbation and non-spherical earth perturbation, a dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling based on position vectors and quaternion descriptions, the deorbit sail is taken as a rigid body, a spacecraft body is taken as a mass point, airflow obstruction is considered in the windward area, thereby improving the precision of the dynamics model; based on this model, the law of influence of the configuration parameters in the deorbit sail, such as a cone angle and a strut length, on the attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of the spacecraft in different cases is analyzed, the configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail system are analyzed and optimized according to the derived law, so as to obtain a pyramid deorbit sail achieving high attitude stability and high deorbiting efficiency.
Claims
1. A configuration construction method for a pyramid deorbit sail, comprising the following steps: step 1, with environmental perturbation like atmospheric resistance perturbation and non-spherical earth perturbation taken into consideration, establishing a pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling based on position vectors and quaternion descriptions, and considering, in the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling, factors such as the influence of a windward area of a sail surface in the case of airflow obstruction on atmospheric resistance exerted on the pyramid deorbit sail and the further influence of the windward area of the sail surface in the case of airflow obstruction on an orbit and an attitude of the pyramid deorbit sail so as to improve precision of the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling; and step 2, analyzing, according to a control variate method, to derive a law of influence of parameters such as a cone angle and a strut length in the pyramid deorbit sail on attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of a spacecraft in different cases based on the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling considering airflow obstruction obtained in step 1, and optimizing configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail system based on the law to obtain a pyramid deorbit sail configuration achieving high attitude stability and high deorbiting efficiency and hence improved attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of the spacecraft.
2. The configuration construction method for a pyramid deorbit sail according to claim 1, wherein step 1 is implemented as follows: during dynamics modeling of the pyramid deorbit sail system, the deorbit sail is taken as a rigid body, mass of struts is allocated to the thin-filmed sail surface as an equivalent form of surface density, and a spacecraft body is taken as a mass point; a pyramid deorbit sail device is installed at an o-point on the spacecraft body, and comprises a plurality of struts and a plurality of thin-filmed sail surfaces, wherein the struts are deployed and extended in an inclination direction, every two adjacent struts are connected to the triangular thin-filmed sail surface, the struts of the pyramid deorbit sail are of equal length, an included angle between each of the struts and a symmetry axis of the deorbit sail is the same, and a distance between tops of any two adj acent struts is the same; and a body coordinate system Ox.sub.by.sub.bz.sub.b is established with the o-point as an origin, wherein a y.sub.b axis coincides with the symmetry axis of the deorbit sail and points to the spacecraft body from the deorbit sail, which is in line with the right-hand rule; regarding a spacecraft in low earth orbit, given that environmental perturbation like atmospheric resistance perturbation and non-spherical earth perturbation are important influence factors on orbital motion of the spacecraft, a rate of change of orbital state vectors such as a geocentric distance r and a velocity v is defined in formula (1-1); for the purpose of avoiding singularity, a spacecraft attitude is described using a quaternion algorithm, as expressed in formula (1-2) and formula (1-3); torque T imparted on the spacecraft is a vector sum of control torque and environmental torque, in which the environmental torque takes into account aerodynamic torque and gravity gradient torque; formula (1) gives a pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling established based on position vectors and quaternion descriptions, and the spacecraft is equipped with a pyramid deorbit sail; and formula (1) consists of formula (1-1), formula (1-2) and formula (1-3);
F.sub.A,i=−½c.sub.dρA.sub.exp(n.sub.li.Math.v)v (2) wherein c.sub.d denotes an atmospheric resistance coefficient, ρ denotes an atmospheric density, A.sub.exp denotes an area of a sail surface exposed to airflow, v denotes a velocity of a spacecraft relative to the atmosphere, n.sub.li denotes an exterior normal unit vector of the sail surface in an inertial coordinate system, and m denotes mass of the spacecraft; a perturbation acceleration of the spacecraft induced as a whole under atmospheric resistance is expressed as follows:
r.sub.CM,OAB=⅓(r.sub.O+r.sub.A+r.sub.B) (6) wherein r.sub.( ) denotes a position vector of point ( ) in the body coordinate system; the center of pressure of the spacecraft is dependent merely on the thin-filmed sail surface, the thin-filmed sail is made of a homogeneous material with a surface density of σ.sub.m, and the mass of a strut per unit length is denoted as ρ.sub.b; and in order to simplify the amount of calculation, the mass of the strut is allocated to the thin-filmed sail surface as an equivalent form of surface density of the deorbit sail, which is expressed as follows:
m=nAσ+m.sub.s (8) a position of the center of mass of the spacecraft in the body coordinate system is expressed as follows:
d.sub.x.sup.2=r.sub.R,z.sup.2+(r.sub.R,y−r.sub.CM,y).sup.2
d.sub.y.sup.2=r.sub.R,z.sup.2+r.sub.R,x.sup.2
d.sub.z.sup.2=r.sub.R,x.sup.2+(r.sub.R,y−r.sub.CM,y).sup.2 (12) the obtained distances are substituted to an expression for rotational inertia of the sail surface to obtain rotational inertia of the thin-filmed sail surface i as follows:
I.sub.x=nI.sub.l,x+m.sub.sr.sub.CM,y.sup.2+I.sub.s,x
I.sub.y=nI.sub.l,y+I.sub.s,y
I.sub.z=nI.sub.l,z+m.sub.sr.sub.CM,y.sup.2+I.sub.s,z (14) wherein I.sub.s denotes rotational inertia of the spacecraft body; when airflow is obstructed by a sail surface lying in the front among the thin-filmed sail surfaces of the pyramid deorbit sail, the influence of atmospheric resistance on the sail surface in the back is ignorable, and merely the area of the sail surfaces exposed to the airflow needs to be considered when calculating the atmospheric resistance perturbation; by combining factors such as the influence of the windward area of the sail surface in the case of airflow obstruction on the atmospheric resistance exerted on the pyramid deorbit sail, and the further influence of the windward area of the sail surface in the case of airflow obstruction on the orbit and attitude of the pyramid deorbit sail, the precision of the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling is improved; in case of a small initial orbit inclination, the spacecraft makes attitude motion mainly in an orbital plane, and therefore, airflow obstruction occurs only in the orbital plane; a direction of the spacecraft relative to the airflow is indicated with an angle of direction, wherein the angle of direction α is an included angle between a y.sub.b axis and a velocity v and is within a range of [−π, π]l when
3. The configuration construction method for a pyramid deorbit sail according to claim 2, wherein in step 2, said analyzing to derive a law of influence of a cone angle and a strut length in the pyramid deorbit sail on the attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of the spacecraft by considering the influence of parameters in the deorbit sail on attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of a spacecraft in different cases specifically comprises: in case I of a same initial orbit altitude of the spacecraft, and a same maximum area-mass ratio but different cone angles for the pyramid deorbit sail, selecting configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail system yielding a minimum difference in rotational inertia components of the spacecraft to realize optimal configuration construction for the pyramid deorbit sail; in case II of a same initial orbit altitude of the spacecraft, and a same maximum area-mass ratio but different cone angles for the pyramid deorbit sail, given that the attitude stability and the deorbiting efficiency of the spacecraft first increase and then decrease along with the increase of the cone angle of the deorbit sail, balancing the attitude stability and the maximum area-mass ratio of the spacecraft to obtain the optimal cone angle of the deorbit sail and thus realize the optimal configuration construction for the pyramid deorbit sail; in case III of a same initial orbit altitude of the spacecraft, and a same cone angle as well as a same strut length for the pyramid deorbit sail, given that the strut length has little impact on the attitude stability, focusing mainly on the design of the cone angle, selecting a cone angle of the pyramid deorbit sail yielding a minimum difference in rotational inertia components of the spacecraft to realize optimal configuration construction for the pyramid deorbit sail; and in case IV of different initial orbit altitudes of the spacecraft and a same cone angle as well as a same strut length for the pyramid deorbit sail, given that the larger the orbit altitude of the spacecraft is, the lower the spacecraft stability becomes, selecting a deorbit sail with a large cone angle to reduce the influence of orbit altitudes on attitude stability and thus realize the optimal configuration construction for the pyramid deorbit sail.
4. An attitude control method for a pyramid deorbit sail implemented based on the configuration construction method for a pyramid deorbit sail according to claim 1, comprising step 1 and step 2 of the configuration construction method for a pyramid deorbit sail, wherein the attitude control method further comprises step 3: based on the configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail achieving high attitude stability and high deorbiting efficiency obtained in step 2, designing a quaternion feedback-based repositioning control law for the pyramid deorbit sail, considering transfer of a velocity coordinate system with respect to the body coordinate system in the quaternion feedback-based repositioning control law to develop a quaternion feedback-based repositioning Proportional-Integral-Derivative Control (PID) control law for the deorbit sail system, which allows to maintain attitude stability of the deorbit sail system relative to the velocity direction, keep a maximum windward area and maximum atmospheric resistance for the pyramid deorbit sail in the deorbiting process, and thus further shorten spacecraft deorbiting time and improve spacecraft deorbiting efficiency.
5. The attitude control method for a pyramid deorbit sail according to claim 4, wherein step 1 is implemented as follows: during dynamics modeling of the pyramid deorbit sail system, the deorbit sail is taken as a rigid body, mass of struts is allocated to the thin-filmed sail surface as an equivalent form of surface density, and a spacecraft body is taken as a mass point; a pyramid deorbit sail device is installed at an o-point on the spacecraft body, and comprises a plurality of struts and a plurality of thin-filmed sail surfaces, wherein the struts are deployed and extended in an inclination direction, every two adjacent struts are connected to the triangular thin-filmed sail surface, the struts of the pyramid deorbit sail are of equal length, an included angle between each of the struts and a symmetry axis of the deorbit sail is the same, and a distance between tops of any two adj acent struts is the same; and a body coordinate system Ox.sub.by.sub.bz.sub.b is established with the o-point as an origin, wherein a y.sub.b axis coincides with the symmetry axis of the deorbit sail and points to the spacecraft body from the deorbit sail, which is in line with the right-hand rule; regarding a spacecraft in low earth orbit, given that environmental perturbation like atmospheric resistance perturbation and non-spherical earth perturbation are important influence factors on orbital motion of the spacecraft, a rate of change of orbital state vectors such as a geocentric distance r and a velocity v is defined in formula (1-1); for the purpose of avoiding singularity, a spacecraft attitude is described using a quaternion algorithm, as expressed in formula (1-2) and formula (1-3); torque T imparted on the spacecraft is a vector sum of control torque and environmental torque, in which the environmental torque takes into account aerodynamic torque and gravity gradient torque; formula (1) gives a pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling established based on position vectors and quaternion descriptions, and the spacecraft is equipped with a pyramid deorbit sail; and formula (1) consists of formula (1-1), formula (1-2) and formula (1-3);
F.sub.A,i=−½c.sub.dρA.sub.exp(n.sub.li.Math.v)v (2) wherein c.sub.d denotes an atmospheric resistance coefficient, ρ denotes an atmospheric density, A.sub.exp denotes an area of a sail surface exposed to airflow, v denotes a velocity of a spacecraft relative to the atmosphere, n.sub.li denotes an exterior normal unit vector of the sail surface in an inertial coordinate system, and m denotes mass of the spacecraft; a perturbation acceleration of the spacecraft induced as a whole under atmospheric resistance is expressed as follows:
r.sub.CM,OAB=⅓(r.sub.O+r.sub.A+r.sub.B) (6) wherein r.sub.( ) denotes a position vector of point ( ) in the body coordinate system; the center of pressure of the spacecraft is dependent merely on the thin-filmed sail surface, the thin-filmed sail is made of a homogeneous material with a surface density of σ.sub.m, and the mass of a strut per unit length is denoted as ρ.sub.b; and in order to simplify the amount of calculation, the mass of the strut is allocated to the thin-filmed sail surface as an equivalent form of surface density of the deorbit sail, which is expressed as follows:
m=nAσ+m.sub.s (8) a position of the center of mass of the spacecraft in the body coordinate system is expressed as follows:
d.sub.x.sup.2=r.sub.R,z.sup.2+(r.sub.R,y−r.sub.CM,y).sup.2
d.sub.y.sup.2=r.sub.R,z.sup.2+r.sub.R,x.sup.2
D.sub.z.sup.2=r.sub.R,x.sup.2+(r.sub.R,y−r.sub.CM,y).sup.2 (12) the obtained distances are substituted to an expression for rotational inertia of the sail surface to obtain rotational inertia of the thin-filmed sail surface i as follows:
I.sub.x=nI.sub.l,x+m.sub.sr.sub.CM,y.sup.2+I.sub.s,x
I.sub.y=nI.sub.l,y+I.sub.s,y
I.sub.z=nI.sub.l,z+m.sub.sr.sub.CM,y.sup.2+I.sub.s,z (14) wherein I.sub.s denotes rotational inertia of the spacecraft body; when airflow is obstructed by a sail surface lying in the front among the thin-filmed sail surfaces of the pyramid deorbit sail, the influence of atmospheric resistance on the sail surface in the back is ignorable, and merely the area of the sail surfaces exposed to the airflow needs to be considered when calculating the atmospheric resistance perturbation; by combining factors such as the influence of the windward area of the sail surface in the case of airflow obstruction on the atmospheric resistance exerted on the pyramid deorbit sail, and the further influence of the windward area of the sail surface in the case of airflow obstruction on the orbit and attitude of the pyramid deorbit sail, the precision of the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling is improved; in case of a small initial orbit inclination, the spacecraft makes attitude motion mainly in an orbital plane, and therefore, airflow obstruction occurs only in the orbital plane; a direction of the spacecraft relative to the airflow is indicated with an angle of direction, wherein the angle of direction α is an included angle between a y.sub.b axis and a velocity v, and is within a range of [−π, π]; when
6. The attitude control method for a pyramid deorbit sail according to claim 5, wherein in step 2, said analyzing to derive a law of influence of a cone angle and a strut length in the pyramid deorbit sail on the attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of the spacecraft by considering the influence of parameters in the deorbit sail on attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of a spacecraft in different cases specifically comprises: in case I of a same initial orbit altitude of the spacecraft, and a same maximum area-mass ratio but different cone angles for the pyramid deorbit sail, selecting configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail system yielding a minimum difference in rotational inertia components of the spacecraft to realize optimal configuration construction for the pyramid deorbit sail; in case II of a same initial orbit altitude of the spacecraft, and a same maximum area-mass ratio but different cone angles for the pyramid deorbit sail, given that the attitude stability and the deorbiting efficiency of the spacecraft first increase and then decrease along with the increase of the cone angle of the deorbit sail, balancing the attitude stability and the maximum area-mass ratio of the spacecraft to obtain the optimal cone angle of the deorbit sail and thus realize the optimal configuration construction for the pyramid deorbit sail; in case III of a same initial orbit altitude of the spacecraft, and a same cone angle as well as a same strut length for the pyramid deorbit sail, given that the strut length has little impact on the attitude stability, focusing mainly on the design of the cone angle, selecting a cone angle of the pyramid deorbit sail yielding a minimum difference in rotational inertia components of the spacecraft to realize optimal configuration construction for the pyramid deorbit sail; and in case IV of different initial orbit altitudes of the spacecraft and a same cone angle as well as a same strut length for the pyramid deorbit sail, given that the larger the orbit altitude of the spacecraft is, the lower the spacecraft stability becomes, selecting a deorbit sail with a large cone angle to reduce the influence of orbit altitudes on attitude stability and thus realize the optimal configuration construction for the pyramid deorbit sail.
7. The attitude control method for a pyramid deorbit sail according to claim 4, wherein step 3 is implemented as follows: in the quaternion feedback-based repositioning control law, a linear state feedback controller is used for achieving attitude maneuver of the spacecraft, and a gyroscopic term about moment of inertia is directly offset by the control torque, wherein the control law is expressed as follows:
u=−Kq.sub.e−Cω.sub.b+ω.sub.b×Iω.sub.b (16) wherein q.sub.e=[q.sub.1e q.sub.2e q.sub.3e].sup.T denotes a vector of an attitude error quaternion, and K and C each denote a controller gain matrix; an attitude error quatemion [q.sub.1e q.sub.2e q.sub.3e q.sub.0e].sup.T is calculated from a command attitude quaternion [q.sub.1c q.sub.2c q.sub.3c q.sub.0c].sup.T and a current attitude quaternion [.sub.q1 q.sub.2 q.sub.3 q.sub.0].sup.T, according to the following formula:
u=KIq.sub.e−cIω.sub.bω.sub.b×Iω.sub.b (18) wherein a gain coefficient k and a damping coefficient c are functions of a systematic intrinsic frequency and a damping ratio required, and are defined as follows:
k=2ω.sub.n.sup.2,c=2ω.sub.nξ wherein ω.sub.n denotes a systematic intrinsic frequency, and denotes a damping ratio; a reaction wheel is selected as an actuator, when a rotational speed of the reaction wheel reaches a certain extreme state, the reaction wheel stops absorbing excess moment of momentum from the spacecraft and is in a saturated mode, at this moment, the spacecraft is left out of control, and restrictions are supposed to be imposed on actual torque and angular momentum of a control system, wherein the angular momentum of the reaction wheel is calculated from an equation of state of the reaction wheel as follows:
{dot over (H)}.sub.KW=−u−ω.sub.b×H.sub.RW (19) wherein H.sub.RW denotes angular momentum of the reaction wheel; in this case, both the spacecraft and a flywheel ought to be considered in an attitude dynamics model;
T=I{dot over (W)}.sub.b+{dot over (H)}.sub.RW+ω.sub.b×(Iω.sub.b+H.sub.RW) (20) in order to maneuver the attitude of the pyramid deorbit sail system from any angle to a direction corresponding to the maximum windward area and maintain stability, it is necessary to set the command attitude quaternion in the attitude controller to an attitude quaternion corresponding to an angle of direction of 0°; in order to accurately describe a size and a direction of the angle of direction, a velocity coordinate system x.sub.0y.sub.0z.sub.0 is established, with an origin of the coordinate system being a center of mass of the spacecraft; a y.sub.0 axis coincides with the velocity direction of the spacecraft, an x.sub.0 axis is perpendicular to the y.sub.0 axis in the orbital plane, and a direction at which the center of the earth points to the origin of the coordinate system is taken as a positive direction; a z.sub.0 axis conforms to the right-hand rule; the angle of direction being kept at 0° is indicative of coincidence between the spacecraft body coordinate system and the velocity coordinate system; a quaternion feedback-based repositioning control method is adopted, and attitude parameters of the spacecraft body coordinate system with respect to the velocity coordinate system are described using quaternions, which is expressed as follows:
u=−kIq.sub.e−cIω.sub.b−k.sub.i∫q.sub.e+ω.sub.b×Iω.sub.b (25) wherein k.sub.i denotes an integral term-related parameter; based on the configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail achieving high attitude stability and high deorbiting efficiency obtained in step 2, and the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling considering airflow obstruction established in step 1, transfer of the velocity coordinate system with respect to the body coordinate system is considered in the quaternion feedback-based repositioning control law to develop the quaternion feedback-based repositioning PID control law as shown in formula (25) for the deorbit sail system, which allows to maintain attitude stability of the deorbit sail system relative to the velocity direction, keep a maximum windward area and maximum atmospheric resistance for the pyramid deorbit sail in the deorbiting process, and thus further shorten spacecraft deorbiting time and improve spacecraft deorbiting efficiency.
8. The attitude control method for a pyramid deorbit sail according to claim 5, wherein step 3 is implemented as follows: in the quaternion feedback-based repositioning control law, a linear state feedback controller is used for achieving attitude maneuver of the spacecraft, and a gyroscopic term about moment of inertia is directly offset by the control torque, wherein the control law is expressed as follows:
u=−Kq.sub.e−Cω.sub.b+ω.sub.b×Iω.sub.b (16) wherein q.sub.e=[q.sub.1e q.sub.23 q.sub.3e].sup.T denotes a vector of an attitude error quaternion, and K and C each denote a controller gain matrix; an attitude error quatemion [q.sub.1e q.sub.2e q.sub.3e q.sub.0e].sup.T is calculated from a command attitude quaternion [q.sub.1c q.sub.2c q.sub.3c q.sub.0c].sup.T and a current attitude quaternion [q.sub.1 q.sub.2 q.sub.3 q.sub.0].sup.T, according to the following formula:
u=−kIq.sub.e−cIω.sub.b+ω.sub.b×Iω.sub.b (18) wherein a gain coefficient k and a damping coefficient c are functions of a systematic intrinsic frequency and a damping ratio required, and are defined as follows:
k=2ω.sub.n.sup.2,c=2ω.sub.nξ wherein ω.sub.n denotes a systematic intrinsic frequency, and ξ denotes a damping ratio; a reaction wheel is selected as an actuator, when a rotational speed of the reaction wheel reaches a certain extreme state, the reaction wheel stops absorbing excess moment of momentum from the spacecraft and is in a saturated mode, at this moment, the spacecraft is left out of control, and restrictions are supposed to be imposed on actual torque and angular momentum of a control system, wherein the angular momentum of the reaction wheel is calculated from an equation of state of the reaction wheel as follows:
{dot over (H)}.sub.RW=−u−ω.sub.b×H.sub.RW (19) wherein H.sub.RW denotes angular momentum of the reaction wheel; in this case, both the spacecraft and a flywheel ought to be considered in an attitude dynamics model;
T=I{dot over (ω)}.sub.b+{dot over (H)}.sub.RW+ω.sub.b×(Iω.sub.b+H.sub.RW) (20) in order to maneuver the attitude of the pyramid deorbit sail system from any angle to a direction corresponding to the maximum windward area and maintain stability, it is necessary to set the command attitude quaternion in the attitude controller to an attitude quaternion corresponding to an angle of direction of 0°; in order to accurately describe a size and a direction of the angle of direction, a velocity coordinate system x.sub.0y.sub.0z.sub.0 is established, with an origin of the coordinate system being a center of mass of the spacecraft; a y.sub.0 axis coincides with the velocity direction of the spacecraft, an x.sub.0 axis is perpendicular to the y.sub.0 axis in the orbital plane, and a direction at which the center of the earth points to the origin of the coordinate system is taken as a positive direction; a z.sub.0 axis conforms to the right-hand rule; the angle of direction being kept at 0° is indicative of coincidence between the spacecraft body coordinate system and the velocity coordinate system; a quaternion feedback-based repositioning control method is adopted, and attitude parameters of the spacecraft body coordinate system with respect to the velocity coordinate system are described using quaternions, which is expressed as follows:
u=−kIq.sub.e−cIω.sub.b−k.sub.i∫q.sub.e+107 .sub.b×Iω.sub.b (25) wherein k.sub.i denotes an integral term-related parameter; based on the configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail achieving high attitude stability and high deorbiting efficiency obtained in step 2, and the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling considering airflow obstruction established in step 1, transfer of the velocity coordinate system with respect to the body coordinate system is considered in the quaternion feedback-based repositioning control law to develop the quaternion feedback-based repositioning PID control law as shown in formula (25) for the deorbit sail system, which allows to maintain attitude stability of the deorbit sail system relative to the velocity direction, keep a maximum windward area and maximum atmospheric resistance for the pyramid deorbit sail in the deorbiting process, and thus further shorten spacecraft deorbiting time and improve spacecraft deorbiting efficiency.
9. The attitude control method for a pyramid deorbit sail according to claim 6, wherein step 3 is implemented as follows: in the quaternion feedback-based repositioning control law, a linear state feedback controller is used for achieving attitude maneuver of the spacecraft, and a gyroscopic term about moment of inertia is directly offset by the control torque, wherein the control law is expressed as follows:
u=−Kq.sub.e−Cω.sub.b+ω.sub.b×Iω.sub.b (16) wherein q.sub.e=[q.sub.1e q.sub.2e q.sub.3e].sup.T denotes a vector of an attitude error quaternion, and K and C each denote a controller gain matrix; an attitude error quatemion [q.sub.1e q.sub.2e q.sub.3e q.sub.0e].sup.T is calculated from a command attitude quaternion [q.sub.1c q.sub.2c q.sub.3c q.sub.0c].sup.T and a current attitude quaternion [q.sub.1 q.sub.2 q.sub.3 q.sub.0].sup.T, according to the following formula:
u=−kIq.sub.e−cIω.sub.b+ω.sub.b×Iω.sub.b (18) wherein a gain coefficient k and a damping coefficient c are functions of a systematic intrinsic frequency and a damping ratio required, and are defined as follows:
k=2ω.sub.n.sup.2,c=2ω.sub.nξ wherein ω.sub.n denotes a systematic intrinsic frequency, and ξ denotes a damping ratio; a reaction wheel is selected as an actuator, when a rotational speed of the reaction wheel reaches a certain extreme state, the reaction wheel stops absorbing excess moment of momentum from the spacecraft and is in a saturated mode, at this moment, the spacecraft is left out of control, and restrictions are supposed to be imposed on actual torque and angular momentum of a control system, wherein the angular momentum of the reaction wheel is calculated from an equation of state of the reaction wheel as follows:
{dot over (H)}.sub.RW=−u−ω.sub.b×H.sub.RW (19) wherein H.sub.RW denotes angular momentum of the reaction wheel; in this case, both the spacecraft and a flywheel ought to be considered in an attitude dynamics model;
T=I{dot over (ω)}.sub.b+{dot over (H)}.sub.RW+ω.sub.b×(Iω.sub.b+H.sub.RW) (20) in order to maneuver the attitude of the pyramid deorbit sail system from any angle to a direction corresponding to the maximum windward area and maintain stability, it is necessary to set the command attitude quaternion in the attitude controller to an attitude quaternion corresponding to an angle of direction of 0°; in order to accurately describe a size and a direction of the angle of direction, a velocity coordinate system x.sub.0y.sub.0z.sub.0 is established, with an origin of the coordinate system being a center of mass of the spacecraft; a y.sub.0 axis coincides with the velocity direction of the spacecraft, an x.sub.0 axis is perpendicular to the y.sub.0 axis in the orbital plane, and a direction at which the center of the earth points to the origin of the coordinate system is taken as a positive direction; a z.sub.0 axis conforms to the right-hand rule; the angle of direction being kept at 0° is indicative of coincidence between the spacecraft body coordinate system and the velocity coordinate system; a quaternion feedback-based repositioning control method is adopted, and attitude parameters of the spacecraft body coordinate system with respect to the velocity coordinate system are described using quaternions, which is expressed as follows:
u=kIq.sub.e−cIω.sub.b−k.sub.i∫q.sub.e+ω.sub.b×Iω.sub.b (25) wherein k.sub.i denotes an integral term-related parameter; based on the configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail achieving high attitude stability and high deorbiting efficiency obtained in step 2, and the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling considering airflow obstruction established in step 1, transfer of the velocity coordinate system with respect to the body coordinate system is considered in the quaternion feedback-based repositioning control law to develop the quaternion feedback-based repositioning PID control law as shown in formula (25) for the deorbit sail system, which allows to maintain attitude stability of the deorbit sail system relative to the velocity direction, keep a maximum windward area and maximum atmospheric resistance for the pyramid deorbit sail in the deorbiting process, and thus further shorten spacecraft deorbiting time and improve spacecraft deorbiting efficiency.
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[0081] In order to well illustrate the technical details of the present disclosure, the specific implementation of the configuration construction and attitude control method for a pyramid deorbit sail will be further described in detail below with a specific embodiment.
Embodiment 1
[0082] Assume that the spacecraft body is a cube satellite with a side length of 0.01 m and a mass of 1 kg; a pyramid deorbit sail has 4 struts and 4 thin-filmed sail surfaces, the surface density of the thin-filmed sail surface is 13.2 g/m.sup.2, and the linear density of the strut is 16.3 g/m; the initial angular velocity is 0; the initial attitude is y.sub.b which is coincident with the velocity direction; the initial number of orbits for the spacecraft relative to the inertial coordinate system is [a e i Ω ω f].sub.0=[6971-7171 km 0.005 0.1° 270° 90° 0°]; the strut length and the maximum area-mass ratio of the pyramid deorbit sail are constants with a value of l=1 m and a value of AMR.sub.max=b.sup.2/m=0.9 m.sup.2/kg respectively; NRLMSISE-00 model is adopted as atmospheric density model, the atmospheric resistance coefficient is C.sub.d=2.2, and Apr. 1, 2014 is selected as the initial deorbit time so as to calculate the atmospheric resistance at the corresponding moment; the controller is set to have critical damping (that is, a damping ratio of ξ=1), and an intrinsic frequency of ω.sub.n=0.35; the integral term-related parameter k.sub.i has a value of 0.01; the actuator adopts a 10 SP-M miniature three-axis reaction wheel system, the reaction wheel reaches a saturated state when angular momentum is ±0.42 N.Math.m.Math.s, and the control torque is limited within a range of ±6 mN.Math.m, which is 60% of the maximum torque ±10 mN.Math.m that can be provided by the 10 SP-M; and when the attitude control system needs to be verified, an Euler angle [γ.sub.0 Ψ.sub.0 δ.sub.0]=[0°0 0.1° 15°] of the body coordinate system relative to the velocity coordinate system is taken.
[0083] The configuration construction and attitude control method for a pyramid deorbit sail is specifically implemented as follows.
[0084] Step 1, with environmental perturbation like atmospheric resistance perturbation and non-spherical earth perturbation taken into consideration, establish a pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling based on position vectors and quaternion descriptions, and consider, in the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling, factors such as the influence of a windward area of a sail surface in the case of airflow obstruction on atmospheric resistance exerted on the pyramid deorbit sail and the further influence of the windward area of the sail surface in the case of airflow obstruction on an orbit and an attitude of the pyramid deorbit sail so as to improve precision of the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling;
[0085] Firstly, calculate parameters such as center of mass, center of pressure, and rotational inertia of the spacecraft equipped with a pyramid deorbit sail, and substitute the calculated parameters into a deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring attitude-and-orbit coupling, where the attitude change of the spacecraft will alter the windward area of the deorbit sail, which accordingly changes the effect of atmospheric resistance perturbation on the orbit; while the change of the orbit altitude will alter the atmospheric density, which in turn changes the aerodynamic torque perturbation on the deorbit sail, and affects the attitude of the spacecraft.
[0086] Step 2: analyze, according to a control variate method, to derive a law of influence of parameters such as a cone angle and a strut length in the pyramid deorbit sail on attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of a spacecraft in different cases based on the pyramid deorbit sail system-oriented dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling considering airflow obstruction obtained in Step 1, and optimize configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail system based on the law to obtain a pyramid deorbit sail configuration achieving high attitude stability and high deorbiting efficiency and hence improved attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of the spacecraft.
[0087] Preferably, the influence of parameters in the deorbit sail on attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of a spacecraft mainly covers four different cases:
[0088] case I of a same initial orbit altitude of the spacecraft, and a same maximum area-mass ratio but different cone angles for the pyramid deorbit sail;
[0089] case II of a same initial orbit altitude of the spacecraft, and a same maximum area-mass ratio but different cone angles for the pyramid deorbit sail;
[0090] case III of a same initial orbit altitude of the spacecraft, and a same cone angle as well as a same strut length for the pyramid deorbit sail; and
[0091] case IV of different initial orbit altitudes of the spacecraft and a same cone angle as well as a same strut length for the pyramid deorbit sail.
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[0093] Analyze to derive a law of influence of a cone angle and a strut length in the pyramid deorbit sail on the attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of the spacecraft. In this way, configuration construction for a pyramid deorbit sail system can be achieved. In case of a same initial orbit altitude of the spacecraft, and a same maximum area-mass ratio for the deorbit sail, select a configuration scheme yielding a minimum difference in rotational inertia components of the spacecraft, and at this moment, the optimal cone angle of the deorbit sail is 65°; in case of a same orbit altitude, and a same strut length, balance the attitude stability and the maximum area-mass ratio of the spacecraft to obtain the optimal cone angle of the deorbit sail, and at this moment, the optimal cone angle of the deorbit sail is 86°; when the attitude stability of the spacecraft, given that the strut length has little impact on the stability, focus mainly on the design of the cone angle; and given that the higher the orbit altitude is, the lower the spacecraft stability becomes, select a deorbit sail with a large cone angle to reduce the influence of orbit altitudes on attitude stability.
[0094] Step 3: based on the configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail achieving high attitude stability and high deorbiting efficiency obtained in step 2, design a quaternion feedback-based repositioning control law for the pyramid deorbit sail, consider transfer of a velocity coordinate system with respect to the body coordinate system in the quaternion feedback-based repositioning control law to develop a quaternion feedback-based repositioning Proportional-Integral-Derivative Control (PID) control law for the deorbit sail system, which allows to maintain attitude stability of the deorbit sail system relative to the velocity direction, keep a maximum windward area and maximum atmospheric resistance for the pyramid deorbit sail in the deorbiting process, and thus further shorten spacecraft deorbiting time and improve spacecraft deorbiting efficiency.
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[0096] The attitude controller can turn the sail surface of the pyramid deorbit sail towards a maximum windward area and maintain the state within 45 s. A controlled system can make the orbit altitude reduction be 15 km greater than the uncontrolled system does in 5 years, that is, it can reduce the orbit altitude more effectively than the uncontrolled system in the same period.
[0097] With the above described technical details and control algorithms, the configuration construction and attitude control method for the pyramid deorbit sail used for deorbiting a spacecraft at the end of its life or after the completion of a mission are finally realized, which improves the deorbiting efficiency of spacecraft.
[0098] The foregoing are merely descriptions of preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present disclosure. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should be included within the protection scope of the present disclosure.