Abstract A two-step optimization algorithm is proposed to redesign a precision reference repeating sun-synchronous orbit for interferometric synthetic aperture radar satellites with injection error. This purpose is to design a new reference orbit for the satellite that deviates from the original preset orbit. Manoeuvring satellites to this new orbit consumes less propellant than manoeuvring to the original orbit. In addition, the repeatability of the orbit is a guarantee for obtaining good interference images, which puts higher requirements on the revisit accuracy of the redesign reference orbit. In the first step, the initial guess for reference orbital elements is designed by considering the global coverage of the Earth and the propellant consumption, taking into account the and perturbations. A search table of feasible solutions in the neighbourhood of the injection orbit is established. This approach, which is based on a search table, transforms the optimization of continuous variables in infinite space into the traversal of discrete variables in finite space, thus greatly reducing the optimization time. In the second step, the revisit accuracy of the satellite’s full-dimensional state vector is optimized under the orbit propagation of a high-order gravity field. Unlike traditional methods that only optimize the revisit error of position, this paper also optimizes that of velocity. A new optimization method for full-dimensional revisit error of state vector is proposed, which combines nested differential correction with non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II. Compared with the traditional genetic algorithms, the proposed nested differential correction method provides the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II with more accurate initial values, which reduces the iterations. Finally, the simulation results show that the total velocity change from the actual injection orbit to the redesigned reference orbit is halved compared to the original preset orbit. Moreover, the revisit errors of position and velocity are within and , respectively.
Redesign of high-precision reference orbit for interferometric SAR satellite with injection error
Advances in Space Research ; 72 , 10 ; 4157-4169
2023-08-06
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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