Vibration model of Ziyuan3 satellites considering frequency changing

Abstract

Ziyuan3-01 and Ziyuan3-02, Chinese civilian high-resolution stereo mapping satellites, were designed to satisfy the requirements of 1:50,000 digital topographical mapping. Platform vibration detection plays an important role in the Ziyuan3 satellite project. Various methods have been used to detect the vibration of Ziyuan3-01, but none focuses on that the vibration frequency is not a fixed value. To detect and model the vibration, this study proposes a method based on a set of raw gyroscope data to detect long-term vibration and model it with considering frequency changing. Two experiments were conducted, and the results showed that (a) the proposed method can detect the long-term vibration frequency and model it; (b) there is a same vibration frequency of approximately 0.65 Hz in the Ziyuan3-01 and Ziyuan3-02; (c) the 0.65 Hz vibration suffered by the Ziyuan3 satellite series is not a fixed value, varying from 0.59 Hz to 0.7 Hz, and the period of the vibration change is a constant value of approximately 1 year, which we modeled with a sine function; and (d) the working state of loads on the platform, such as solar panels, has an influence on the vibration frequency certainly.