Low Earth orbit constellation design using a multi-objective genetic algorithm for GNSS reflectometry missions

被引:6
作者
Tan, Chengdan [1 ,2 ]
Xu, Ying [1 ]
Luo, Ruidan [1 ]
Li, Yafeng [3 ]
Yuan, Chao [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Aerosp Informat Res Inst, Beijing 100094, Peoples R China
[2] CRRC Zhuzhou Inst Co LTD, Zhuzhou 412001, Peoples R China
[3] Beijing Informat Sci & Technol Univ, Sch Automat, Beijing 100192, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
GNSS reflectometry; Constellation design; Multi-objective; Genetic algorithm; GPS SIGNALS; COVERAGE; ALTIMETRY;
D O I
10.1016/j.asr.2022.10.035
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
Spaceborne global navigation satellite system reflectometry (GNSS-R) is an innovative bistatic radar remote sensing technique uti-lizing low Earth orbit (LEO) based GNSS-R instruments to acquire GNSS L-band opportunistic signals for measuring geophysical parameters. A GNSS-R LEO constellation with an optimization design for its specialized missions is very significant and necessary. However, the constellation design involves multi-parameter and multi-objective optimization, and the classical analytic solution is not capable of such a complicated issue. This study proposes a multi-objective LEO constellation design method with a genetic algorithm (GA) and presents a framework for designing two GNSS-R LEO constellations, termed "lower-latitude constellation" for typhoons and hurricanes observation in the tropics and "global constellation" for global geophysical parameter measurements. Then, the obser-vation capability of both designed constellations is evaluated in terms of the number of reflection points, spatial coverage density, and revisit time to verify the GA efficiency in LEO constellation design. Results show that the two designed LEO constellations with high fitness function values possess optimal orbit parameter set configuration and outperform the existing CyGNSS constellations in obser-vation performance. Compared with CyGNSS, the number of reflection points observed by the lower-latitude constellation and the glo-bal constellation increases by 38% and 45%, as well as the spatial coverage density increases by 28% and 36%. The revisit time for the lower-latitude constellation is reduced by 0.29 h, whereas the revisit time for the global constellation increases by one hour.(c) 2022 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:2357 / 2369
页数:13
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