Comprehensive Evaluation of Communication Satellite Design Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process

This paper applies Analytic Hierarchy Process to comprehensively evaluate the design of communication satellites. Firstly, comprehensive evaluation indexes are determined based on the design requirements of the satellite system, and total of 29 evaluation indexes are classified in five categories at three levels; Afterwards, each index is standardized according to its different characteristic, and the weight of each index is assigned by pairwise comparison matrix; Finally, the score of the satellite system design scheme is calculated, and through the evaluation and analysis of six design cases, the suggestion of optimization of satellite system design are identified. The application of this method helps to quickly identify weakness in satellite system design, and also provides a mean of evaluation for system optimization.