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AEROSPACE CHINA ›› 2018, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (2): 3-15.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1671-0940.2018.02.001

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Intelligent and Autonomous Flight Technology for Launch Vehicles

  

  1. China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Beijing 100076
  • Online:2018-05-24 Published:2019-11-29
  • About author:SONG Zhengyu (1970- ), Ph.D, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology researcher, Ph.D supervisor. He is mainly engaged in autonomous and intelligent flight system design of launch vehicles, and the chief designer of the LM-8 launch vehicle.

Abstract: This paper proposes the architecture of an intelligent flight launcher system as well as fundamental solutions to capability prediction and dynamic planning. This effort reflects the latest progress in the applications of intelligent and autonomous technology for launcher flights. The paper first describes the characteristics and capabilities of intelligent and autonomous systems and classifies various related technologies. In the context of intelligent and autonomous technology in aerospace engineering, it then focuses on technical difficulties involved with intelligent flight and reviews developments in the field. An E3 classification model of an intelligent flight launcher is then proposed and its application scenarios are discussed. Based on an intelligent flight system configuration of the launcher, the online trajectory planning and initial value guess are examined, and vertical landing is provided as an example to explain the effects of the implementation of computational intelligence to flight systems.