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JournalofHarbinInstituteofTechnology(NewSeries)，Vo1．17，No．2，2010 Zenithpasstracingoftheinter-satellitelinkageantenna CHEN Xin—long，YANGDi，ZHAIKun 陈新龙， 杨 涤， 翟 坤 (Dept．ofAstronauticalEngineering，HarbinInstituteofTechnology，Harbin150001，China，ehen．xinlong@163．eom) Abstract：Theinter．satellitelinkageantennaoftheusersatelliteusestheElevation—over．Azimuthtype．andthe zenithpassproblem OccursduringtracingTDRS．Firstly，themovementlawsoftheinter—satellitelinkageisin— troducedforpredictingthemovementoftheusersatelliteantenna．Then，thepotential zenithpassmomentis analyzedindetail．Somespecialorbitsofrtheusersatellitethatcanavoidtheblindnesszoneareobtained．Fi． nally，thezenithpasstracingstrategiesfortheusersatelliteantennabasedonthemechanical tiltingarede． signedbyusingthetrajectorypreprocessor．Thedesignsarebasedonthepredictingresultsofthemovement lawsoftheinter．satellitelinkage．Thestrategiesareprovedtobereasonableandfeasibleofrsolvingthezenith passproblem bysimulation． Keywords：TDRS；inter—satellitelinkage；trajectorypreprocessor；mechanicaltilting CLCnumber：V25 Documentcode：A ArticleID：1005-9113(2010)02-0292-05 Thezenithpassproblem existsfortheantennaof passproblem isdiscussedandgivesastrategytosolve Elevation．overAzimuth typeI。。 ．Thatis．when the thezenithpassproblem basedonthemechanicaltilting． elevationapproaches90。，theazimuthvelocitydemand becomesverylargeandbecauseofthevelocity—limited 1 MovementLawsoftheInter-satelliteLinkage seYvomechanismsoftherealantenna，theantennawill beincapableoftracingthetarget． Thetrackinglawsfrom theTDRStotheusersate1． Theinter．satellitelinkageantennaisaloadanten— 1itearetheso．calledmovementlawsoftheinter—sate1． nathatism