Chinese Space Science and Technology ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 174-179.doi: 10.16708/j.cnki.1000-758X.2024.0051

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A high-precision system level calibration method for spaceborne magnetometers

MENG Lifei,XU Chaoqun,XIAO Qi,LIU Chaobo,GENG Xiaolei,CHEN Dexiang,YI Zhong,ZHANG Tielong   

  1. 1.Harbin Institute of Technology(Shenzhen),Shenzhen 518055,China
    2.Beijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering,Beijing 100094,China
    3.Beijing Institute of Control Engineering,Beijing 100190,China
    4.Space Research Institute,Austrian Academy of Sciences,Graz A-8042,Austria
  • Published:2024-06-25 Online:2024-06-05

Abstract:  Spaceborne three-axis magnetometers are often used for attitude confirmation and correction of satellites in orbit.In order to improve the accuracy of in-orbit magnetic field measurement,a high-precision system level calibration method for spaceborne magnetometers is proposed.Firstly,an optical prism reference is introduced to achieve the orthogonality self-calibration of the reference magnetometer magnetic axis.Subsequently,the coil coefficient calibration of the three-axis zero magnetic environment simulation system is completed using the multiplication method.The magnetic axis orthogonality calibration of the three-axis zero magnetic environment simulation system is completed using a reference magnetometer,thereby obtaining a high-precision space magnetic environment ground simulation system.Finally,the calibration of the spaceborne magnetometer is completed using the orthogonality correspondence between the three-axis zero magnetic environment simulation system and the satellite.The experimental results show that the non orthogonality of the three-axis zero magnetic environment simulation system is better than 0.01°,and that the calibration error of the spaceborne magnetometer is better than 10nT.The research provides a new approach for ground calibration and verification of spaceborne magnetometer systems.

Key words:  , satellite control;attitude determination;magnetometer;self-calibration device;prism