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Long-life and high-precision relay terminal antenna pointing mechanism and its key technologies
The high-precision antenna pointing mechanism of the medium and low-orbit spacecraft ensures real-time communication and long-life stability.
Type
Aerospace equipment
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Other resource gains
Aviation and aerospace science and technology
High precision
Antenna
Long life
Relay terminal
Pointing mechanism
Solution maturity
Mass promotion / Mass production
Cooperation methods
Joint venture cooperation
Face-to-face consultation
Applicable industry
Scientific research and technology services
Applications
Satellite communication
Key innovations
Through material innovation and precision design, this technology greatly improves the life and reliability of spacecraft antenna mechanisms, extends on-orbit service time, reduces resource consumption and environmental impact, and has significant green innovation.
Potential economic benefits
This product significantly reduces operating and maintenance costs by extending the on-orbit life of the spacecraft. High-precision data transmission enhances the value of satellite services, achieves independent control of core technologies, and reduces external dependence. It has been widely used in multiple satellites, generating direct economic benefits and enhancing market competitiveness, and promoting the sustainable development of the aerospace industry.
Potential climate benefits
Extend the life of satellites, reduce repeated launches and manufacturing, and directly reduce the carbon footprint. High-precision data transmission supports environmental monitoring and resource optimization, and indirectly helps reduce carbon emissions.
Solution supplier
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Shanghai Aerospace Systems Engineering Research
Shanghai Aerospace Systems Engineering Research
Shanghai Aerospace Systems Engineering Research Institute is committed to the research and development of aerospace and defense systems, providing core technical support for the national aerospace industry and national defense security.
Shanghai,China
Solution details

1. Technical background, subject and technical field The project belongs to the field of aerospace technology. The long-life and high-precision relay terminal antenna pointing mechanism is applied to my country's low-orbit spacecraft. It has the characteristics of high deployment/pointing accuracy, stable acquisition and tracking, and long operating life. It is a solution to the problem of narrow beam between low-orbit spacecraft and relay satellites. Core technology for tracking and real-time two-way data transmission. 2. Main technical innovations Since 2009, this project has focused on application requirements such as full-area and full-time mission information injection of low-and-low orbit mobile spacecraft at any time, space-based measurement and control random access, and has broken through long-life and high-precision relay The key technology of the terminal antenna pointing mechanism has achieved high-precision deployment and locking, high-precision acquisition and tracking, and long-term stable operation of the antenna mechanism in harsh space environments, and has achieved the following important results: (1) Aiming at the difficulties of high-precision stable deployment and capture and tracking of large inertia antennas, a comprehensive design method of a passive speed-stabilizing deployment mechanism with centrifugal force sensing speed and frictional damping dissipation adjustment is proposed, as well as a drive assembly process for integrating high-precision short-cup harmonic reducers. A nonlinear speed control model and algorithm for the pointing mechanism under external disturbance factors are established, and a high-precision passive deployment relay terminal antenna pointing mechanism is successfully developed. The unfolding repetition accuracy is less than 0.025& deg;, the pointing accuracy is not greater than 0.017& deg; and the stable tracking speed deviation is less than 5%;(2) Aiming at the incompatibility between precision transmission and long-life lubrication of short-cup harmonic reducers in harsh space environments such as large atomic oxygen doses and large temperature alternates, a preparation method for low-temperature deposited thin film materials was invented, and a& physical vapor-deposited Ti film with omega; phase structure and a solid lubricating film based on nano-composite/multilayer technology were developed to improve the life of the solid lubricating film 4~5 times; independently developed a solid-lubricated harmonic reducer with a transmission accuracy of less than 1& prime;, and its operating life exceeded 1& times; 107 revolutions solve the problem of long-term stable operation of the pointing institution;(3) Aiming at the difficulties in ground testing of pointing mechanisms such as difficulty in external measurement of motion speed and complex trajectory of large-range motion center of mass, a high-precision pointing mechanism performance measurement method sensed by highly integrated strapdown components is proposed, and a parallel time-frequency domain adaptive filtering method is invented., solving the technical problem of narrowband interference during multi-sensor fusion, improving the test accuracy by more than 30%, and successfully developing an integrated high-precision multivariate data performance testing device and a multi-dimensional follow-up gravity unloading device. It provides speed and position measurement and evaluation methods for large-scale motion pointing mechanisms. 3. Intellectual Property Rights and Promotion Status This project has core intellectual property rights and core technologies are independently controllable. It authorized 12 invention patents, 4 utility models, 2 registered software copyrights, and published 15 SCI papers. The overall technical level has reached the domestic leading and international advanced level. It has been directly equipped in multiple satellites such as Shijian 16 01/02, Remote Sensing 19/Remote Sensing 22/Remote Sensing 27/Remote Sensing 29, Gaofen 10 and Yunhai 1. In-orbit flight has significant social and economic benefits, and has wide application prospects.

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