Agile earth observation satellites(AEOSs)represent a new generation of satellites with three degrees of freedom(pitch,roll,and yaw);they possess a long visible time window(VTW)for ground targets and support imaging at...Agile earth observation satellites(AEOSs)represent a new generation of satellites with three degrees of freedom(pitch,roll,and yaw);they possess a long visible time window(VTW)for ground targets and support imaging at any moment within the VTW.However,different observation times demonstrate different cloud cover distributions,which exhibit different effects on the AEOS observation.Previous studies ignored pitch angles,discretized VTWs,or fixed cloud cover for every VTW,which led to the loss of intermediate observation states,thus these studies are not suitable for AEOS scheduling considering cloud cover distribution.In this study,a relationship formula between the cloud cover and observation time is proposed to calculate the cloud cover for every observation time,and a relationship formula between the observation time and pitch angle is designed to calculate the pitch angle for every observation time in the VTW.A refined model including the pitch angle,roll angle,and cloud cover distribution is established,which can make the scheme closer to the actual application of AEOSs.A hybrid genetic simulated annealing(HGSA)algorithm for AEOS scheduling is proposed,which integrates the advantages of genetic and simulated annealing algorithms and can effectively avoid falling into a local optimal solution.The experiments are conducted to compare the proposed algorithm with the traditional algorithms,the results verify that the proposed model and algorithm are efficient and effective for AEOS scheduling considering cloud cover distribution.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(72071064,72271074,72001004)the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2408085QG221).
文摘Agile earth observation satellites(AEOSs)represent a new generation of satellites with three degrees of freedom(pitch,roll,and yaw);they possess a long visible time window(VTW)for ground targets and support imaging at any moment within the VTW.However,different observation times demonstrate different cloud cover distributions,which exhibit different effects on the AEOS observation.Previous studies ignored pitch angles,discretized VTWs,or fixed cloud cover for every VTW,which led to the loss of intermediate observation states,thus these studies are not suitable for AEOS scheduling considering cloud cover distribution.In this study,a relationship formula between the cloud cover and observation time is proposed to calculate the cloud cover for every observation time,and a relationship formula between the observation time and pitch angle is designed to calculate the pitch angle for every observation time in the VTW.A refined model including the pitch angle,roll angle,and cloud cover distribution is established,which can make the scheme closer to the actual application of AEOSs.A hybrid genetic simulated annealing(HGSA)algorithm for AEOS scheduling is proposed,which integrates the advantages of genetic and simulated annealing algorithms and can effectively avoid falling into a local optimal solution.The experiments are conducted to compare the proposed algorithm with the traditional algorithms,the results verify that the proposed model and algorithm are efficient and effective for AEOS scheduling considering cloud cover distribution.
