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Zhen Liao1, Hongyuan Wang1, Xi Cheng1
1Research Center of Space Optical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
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In order to address the difficulty in acquiring degraded images for star sensors under hypersonic conditions, this paper proposes a star sensor imaging simulation model which can effectively analyze the influence of thermochemical non-equilibrium flow on the star sensor. Firstly, the two-temperature model is adopted to describe the relaxation phenomenon of hypersonic non-equilibrium flow, and the chemical reaction is simulated by Arrhenius law. Then, the effects of optical transmission and thermal radiation on star sensor imaging are quantitatively analyzed. Based on this degradation model, the degraded star images under two typical working conditions are simulated. The simulation results show that the radiation of the solid media has the most significant influence on the imaging of the star sensor. The detectable limit magnitudes of the star sensor obtained under the two working conditions are 3.28 and 4.55, respectively. The research results can provide important theory and technical support for the system design and algorithm testing of star sensors on near-space hypersonic platforms.
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