Orbit design and mission planning for global observation of Jupiter

Huang, An-Yi; Yan, Bing; Li, Zhenyu; Shu, Peng; Luo, Yuling; Yang, Zhen

doi:10.1007/s42064-020-0090-9

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“…In recent years, there has been a significant advancement in satellite technology, leading to a growing desire among people to customize satellite orbit designs for specific tasks, rather than relying on traditional, general designs [16,17]. The optimization of satellite orbits allows for simultaneous observations of the satellite by multiple ground laser stations, significantly extending the common-view observation time and reducing observation noise.…”

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Improved Simulated Annealing Algorithm on the Design of Satellite Orbits for Common-View Laser Time Transfer

Xue,

Zhang,

Deng

et al. 2024

Remote Sensing

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Laser Time Transfer (LTT) has proven to be able to improve remote time transfer accuracy compared to microwave technology. The impact of satellite clock errors and atmospheric delays during LTT will be further reduced in the common-view mode. The challenge is presented as an optimization problem that is limited by satellite trajectories. This paper introduces an improved simulated annealing algorithm designed to maximize the common-view possibility among various station pairs within regional Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) networks by optimizing satellite orbit trajectories. The study proposes a system model that integrates LTT principles with satellite visibility considerations. The simulated annealing algorithm is improved with new annealing strategies that incorporate control strategies, and modify the cooling function. Comparative simulation analyses demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm, resulting in a significant reduction in computation time by over 10 times. The optimized orbits exhibit common-view windows between 3.337 and 8.955 times longer than existing orbits. Further simulations are conducted to optimize the orbits, and common-view models are established for 45 pairs among 10 stations. The optimizations result in common-view times ranging from 6.183 to 60.633 min in the Asia-Pacific region and from 5.583 to 61.75 min in the Europe-to-Asia region. This can provide valuable references for designing satellite constellations.

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Improved Simulated Annealing Algorithm on the Design of Satellite Orbits for Common-View Laser Time Transfer

Xue,

Zhang,

Deng

et al. 2024

Remote Sensing

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“…These results draw more attention to the Earth-like Jovian moons. Exploring these moons makes it possible to obtain not only information on several scientific objectives, [2][3][4][5][6] but also experience in exploring terrestrial planets. The Galileo mission 5,7) and Juno mission have observed the Galilean moons, and more missions such as the Europa Clipper 8) and Jupiter Icy moons explorer 9) are in preparation.…”

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Systematic Orbital Design for a Jovian Moon Exploring Mission

CHEN,

XU,

FENG

et al. 2023

Trans. Japan Soc. Aero. S Sci.

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The Jovian moons have been visited by several flyby missions and are attracting more attention for long-term observation. However, because of Jupiter's gravitational perturbations and the J 2 and C 2,2 terms of the Jovian moons, orbits around these moons are unstable, especially those orbits with high inclinations. This study considers a scenario in which the spacecraft flies at a high altitude equipped with a payload having a small field-of-view angle. The coverage rate is achieved by numerical integration, and the largest coverage rate can be found using the particle swarm optimization method. The results highlight the possibility of obtaining a greater coverage rate, as well as considerable imaging resolution and mission duration by choosing suitable candidate orbits. A station-keeping algorithm is introduced to produce a more accurate estimation of gravitational models that is indexed using the station-keeping cost and estimation accuracy. Based on the five aspects mentioned above, a systematic evaluation of candidate orbits was created for orbit design.

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Fast computation of the Jovian-moon three-body flyby map based on artificial neural networks

Yang

Yan

2022

Acta Astronautica

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Orbit design and mission planning for global observation of Jupiter

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

Improved Simulated Annealing Algorithm on the Design of Satellite Orbits for Common-View Laser Time Transfer

Improved Simulated Annealing Algorithm on the Design of Satellite Orbits for Common-View Laser Time Transfer

Systematic Orbital Design for a Jovian Moon Exploring Mission

Fast computation of the Jovian-moon three-body flyby map based on artificial neural networks

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