Satellite technology empowers autonomous driving with vehicle road connectivity
2025-02-13
On February 12th, the Beijing Commercial Aerospace Industry High Quality Development Conference was held in the Beijing Economic Development Zone, and the top ten application scenarios of Beijing's commercial aerospace industry were released. In the application scenarios released this time, the achievements of commercial aerospace development will enter multiple aspects such as autonomous driving and low altitude airspace supervision. Gong Weimi, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and Zhongguancun Management Committee, stated in her speech at the conference that Beijing's commercial aerospace industry is rich in resources and has a complete industrial chain including rocket research and development, satellite manufacturing, and ground equipment. At the same time, Beijing's demand for commercial aerospace technology is accelerating in areas such as urban governance, emergency safety, and ecological protection. The Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Zhongguancun Management Committee, together with the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Economic and Information Technology and other departments, guided by the Action Plan for Accelerating the Innovative Development of Commercial Aerospace in Beijing, combined with the characteristics of commercial aerospace technology, and jointly researched, planned, and selected the most promising application areas and user units with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Meteorological Bureau, Municipal Self driving Office, Municipal Housing and Urban Rural Development Commission, Municipal Landscape and Greening Bureau and other departments, as well as chain leading enterprises such as State Grid and China Mobile. At the same time, we will fully leverage the technological and talent advantages of Beijing's commercial aerospace industry and the role of Zhongguancun Experimental Field. Through extensive organization of technology providers and scenario users for demand matching, we will systematically sort out the catalog list of new technologies, products, and services, and select and form ten typical application scenarios with strong technological innovation and broad market prospects. Some of these scenarios have already been implemented, while others are being promoted in the construction process. The construction scenario of high-level autonomous driving demonstration zone based on satellite communication and remote sensing technology is aimed at the basic construction needs of vehicle road cloud network map for high-level autonomous driving, as well as the precise operation needs of intelligent driving, unmanned driving, ride hailing, environmental sanitation vehicles and other transportation vehicles. Based on the integration of high and low orbit satellite communication, high and low orbit satellite navigation enhancement, high-resolution satellite remote sensing and other technologies, low latency and high bandwidth satellite communication is provided, more accurate navigation enhancement and map imaging are achieved, realizing the interconnection of people, vehicles and roads, information system collaboration, and providing support for the global operation of autonomous vehicles leaving the demonstration zone. Verification of mobile phone direct link satellite technology for consumer applications The development of mobile phone direct link satellite technology makes satellite communication cover a wider range of areas, especially for remote and communication blind areas. It is also an important means to broaden the application of LEO satellite Internet and achieve commercial closure. The implementation of mobile direct connection services requires further improvement in satellite, base station/core network, and terminal capabilities, deepening satellite ground collaboration, and systematically tackling key technologies in the satellite industry, ground mobile communication industry, and terminal industry with the goal of implementing consumer level business scenarios. The demonstration application of power facility safety inspection based on satellite remote sensing is aimed at the needs of wide area safety inspection and high-precision monitoring and early warning evaluation of power grid facilities. Based on technologies such as high and low orbit communication satellites and high-resolution satellite remote sensing, it carries out application demonstrations for scenarios such as external damage risk identification, flood risk assessment, geological disaster and tower tilt settlement hidden danger investigation, and ice cover monitoring and early warning, improving the quality and efficiency of power grid operation and inspection, and assisting in the safe and stable operation of the power grid. Low altitude operation management and control scheme based on satellite Internet This scenario, on the basis of promoting the innovative and integrated development of 5G-A and 6G, superimposes radar sensing functions on traditional communication base stations, and combines the needs of low orbit Internet satellite communication, low orbit navigation enhancement, etc., to achieve the supervision of low altitude airspace above 300 meters, and then build a regional "sky, air, and ground" three-dimensional monitoring and early warning network, and build the operation management and control system of low altitude aircraft. The construction of smart cities based on satellite communication and remote sensing technology relies on satellite communication and remote sensing data, drone data, ground perception data, combined with real-time 3D modeling technology, spatiotemporal geographic information technology, and digital twin technology to build a commercial aerospace+digital smart city spatiotemporal geographic information service platform, realizing the digitization, real-time and visualization of various information elements in the city, and providing more reliable decision support for urban management. Based on low orbit meteorological satellites, high-precision near weather forecasting is applied in various fields such as aerospace, new energy, agriculture, sports, and outdoor sports consumption. To meet the demand for high-precision weather forecasting, a domestic low orbit meteorological satellite constellation is utilized to integrate multi-source satellite, radar, and ground observation data. Traditional numerical forecasting and artificial intelligence fusion technology are used to generate high-precision and high accuracy near weather forecasting products. The wide area monitoring application of natural resources based on satellite remote sensing technology is aimed at the monitoring requirements of forest and grassland natural resource elements. It utilizes multi-source and multi-scale commercial aerospace remote sensing images in conjunction with ground survey data, combined with artificial intelligence technology, to achieve accurate identification and extraction of natural resource distribution and changes, ensuring the quality of multi-element monitoring and improving resource monitoring efficiency. The high-precision building deformation monitoring application based on Beidou technology is aimed at monitoring the safety deformation of major engineering projects such as buildings, bridges, and water conservancy dams. A high-precision Beidou differential positioning dedicated algorithm is developed, and an intelligent early warning system for safety deformation monitoring is built to effectively monitor the change information of urban buildings in real time, providing protection for the safety monitoring of major engineering projects and urban renewal. The forest fire warning system based on multi-mode satellite remote sensing data comprehensively utilizes high-resolution, Fengyun series satellites and low orbit commercial remote sensing satellites, integrates visible light, infrared and other multi-mode remote sensing data, and combines information technology such as artificial intelligence big models to conduct wide area monitoring of forest fire points, achieve accurate identification and rapid extraction, and provide important technical support for improving early fire warning and ensuring the safety of residents' personal and property. The research and application of space environment biomedicine will promote the combination of aerospace technology and modern biopharmaceutical technology, sending biopharmaceutical strains, cells or traditional Chinese medicine seeds into space. Conduct scientific experiments in various unique environments such as microgravity, strong radiation, high-energy particles, and alternating magnetic fields in space. On February 12th, Zhang Qiang, Secretary of the Beijing Economic Development Zone Working Committee, announced that the "Yizhuang Arrow" plan for 2025 will launch more than 40 times, with over 130 satellites in orbit. The new Type 4 rocket is expected to make its maiden flight. Beijing is an international center for scientific and technological innovation, and has initially formed an industrial pattern of "South Arrow and North Star". The Economic Development Zone is the main carrier area of "South Arrow", gathering more than 70% of commercial rocket construction enterprises in China. Zhang Qiang stated that commercial aerospace is a catalyst for regional industries, with aerospace technology as the core, driving the coordinated development of upstream, midstream, and downstream industries. From material research and development to electronic manufacturing, from software programming to precision machining, the industrial chain continues to extend, and high-end talents continue to gather, injecting a continuous stream of vitality into regional economic development. Beijing Yizhuang will accelerate the research and development of key core technologies for commercial rocket satellites, enhance high reliability, low-cost, and mass production capabilities, accelerate the development of large and medium-sized reusable carrier rockets, and strive to enter orbit by 2026. At the same time, more than two rocket factories, Internet satellite demonstration production lines and industrial parks will be built. It is estimated that by 2028, Yizhuang Arrow will launch nearly 100 times, with a low orbit capacity of 1000 tons and an Internet satellite launch capacity of 2000. Beijing Yizhuang will also accelerate the cultivation of application scenarios and the formation of effective business models. Promote the demonstration and application of commercial aerospace in the fields of connected vehicles, 6G, biomedicine, intelligent manufacturing, and low altitude economy, advance the integration of military and civilian development, and the integration of science and technology, and cultivate future business models such as commercial manned spaceflight, in orbit operations, and lunar based manufacturing. Build a "one network" integrating commercial aerospace, low altitude technology, autonomous driving, embodied intelligence, artificial intelligence, intelligent manufacturing, and digital city systems, and construct a "one platform" for air, space, ground, sea, measurement, operation, control, and management. (New Society)
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