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“鹊桥二号”中继星天线主被动复合热控设计方法

Thermal Control Design and Verification of Queqiao-2 Satellite Antenna

  • 摘要: 针对探月工程四期面临的月球背面与地球之间通信“盲区”的问题,“鹊桥二号”中继星运行在环月大椭圆冻结轨道,利用携带的伞状可展开抛物面天线、二维可驱动抛物面天线等关键通信载荷为月球背面探测任务提供了稳定的通信链路。面对“鹊桥二号”中继星外热流环境恶劣、电缆和运动组件热控难度大的难题,提出主被动复合设计方案,通过对环月大椭圆冻结太阳同步轨道开展外热流环境分析,结合天线工作模式和各组件状态确定了热控设计方案,使用Thermal Desktop热分析软件对天线进行了热仿真分析,并根据计算结果指导组件补充材料级低温存储试验,仿真计算结果表明天线各组件温度满足指标要求。“鹊桥二号”成功发射后,天线在轨温度水平良好,特别是“嫦娥六号”任务期间中继星天线圆满完成人类首次月背采样中继通信任务。为深空探测任务天线热控设计提供参考借鉴。

     

    Abstract: In response to the communication blind spot issues between the far side of the Moon and Earth faced by the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project, Queqiao-2 satellite operated in a large elliptical frozen mission orbit around the Moon, the satellite utilizes its onboard communication equipment, including an umbrella-shaped deployable parabolic antenna and a two-dimensional steerable parabolic antenna, to provide a stable communication link for lunar far-side exploration missions. Addressing the challenges of harsh external thermal flow environment and great difficulty in thermal control of cables and moving components, by conducting an external heat flux environment analysis for the lunar distant elliptical frozen Sun-synchronous orbit, and combining the antenna’s operating mode and component states, a thermal control design scheme was determined. Thermal Desktop thermal analysis software was used to perform thermal simulation analysis on the antenna, and the results based on calculation guided the components to perform supplemental material-level low-temperature storage tests, and the results indicated that the temperatures of all antenna components met the specified requirements. After the successful launch, the antenna temperatures remained at a good level, particularly during the Chang’e 6 mission, where the relay satellite’s antenna successfully completed the communication task for the first human lunar dorsal sample relay communications mission. The research findings can serve as a reference for thermal design of antennas in deep-space exploration missions.

     

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