Guidance and Control of Advanced Aerospace Vehicle from Near Space to Orbit
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Astronautics & Space Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 233
Editor
Interests: spacecraft attitude control; re-entry guidance of the hypersonic vehicle; trajectory optimization of the hypersonic vehicle; nonlinear control of the transmedia vehicle
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aerospace vehicles, capable of traversing the atmospheric boundary to achieve efficient round-trip mobility between near space and orbital space, have emerged as a pivotal platform for the exploitation of space resources, driving the development of next-generation space technologies. Aerospace vehicles face complex thermo-mechanical environments and significant nonlinear control challenges arising from propulsion mode transitions. Their guidance and control systems must operate under conditions of high speed, high dynamics, and strong uncertainty, which has become a critical bottleneck in their engineering realization and continues to attract sustained focus and in-depth research from the global academic and engineering communities.
To showcase and facilitate the exchange of cutting-edge advances and innovative achievements in the guidance and control of aerospace vehicles, this Special Issue seeks original research papers addressing key challenges such as advanced guidance law design, intelligent autonomous control, and cross-domain cooperative planning. Submissions should focus on current aerospace vehicles, centered on the core scenario of cross-domain flight "from near space to orbit." We invite scholars to contribute submissions, aiming to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and breakthroughs in providing guidance and control technologies for aerospace vehicles.
Dr. Yuliang Bai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aerospace vehicle
- aeroassisted orbital transfer vehicle
- spaceplane/reusable launch vehicle
- advanced guidance for aerospace vehicle
- nonlinear control
- sliding mode control
- adaptive and fault-tolerant control
- cooperative guidance and control
- intelligent autonomous control/learning-based control
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