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Everything about VTVL
Method of takeoff and landing used by rockets; vertical takeoff, vertical landing
Vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) is a form of takeoff and landing for rockets. Multiple VTVL craft have flown. A notable VTVL vehicle was the Apollo Lunar Module which delivered the first humans to the Moon. Building on the decades of development, SpaceX utilised the VTVL concept for its flagship Falcon 9 first stage, which has delivered over five hundred successful powered landings so far. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: VTVLA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Options for future European reusable booster stages: evaluation and comparison of VTHL and VTVL return methodsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: VTVLThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Fixed-time extended state observer based non-singular fast terminal sliding mode control for a VTVL reusable launch vehicleCited 192 times
- Go sideways: Falcon 9 prototypesA closely related topic
- Go sideways: SpaceX reusable launch system development programA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Fixed-time extended state observer based non-singular fast terminal sliding mode control for a VTVL reusable launch vehicle
Fractional-order sliding mode control with a predefined-time observer for VTVL reusable launch vehicles under actuator faults and saturation constraints
Adaptive fault-tolerant control for a VTVL reusable launch vehicle
Mission engineering for the RETALT VTVL launcher
Semi-globally smooth control for VTVL reusable launch vehicle under actuator faults and attitude constraints
An adaptive optimization algorithm based on clustering analysis for return multi-flight-phase of VTVL reusable launch vehicle
Options for future European reusable booster stages: evaluation and comparison of VTHL and VTVL costs
Fin actuation, thrust vector control and landing leg mechanisms design for the RETALT VTVL launcher
🆕 Influential since 2022
Options for future European reusable booster stages: evaluation and comparison of VTHL and VTVL return methods
Predictive Control With Double-layer Dynamic Allocation for a VTVL Reusable Launch Vehicle
Nonlinear aerodynamic stability and passive control effectiveness in VTVL curved-fin rockets
هدایت و کنترل یکپارچه مقاوم فاز نهایی ماهوارهبر قابل استفاده مجدد VTVL با روش کنترل مد لغزشی
Predefined-time attitude control for VTVL reusable rockets under input saturation and adaptive state constraints
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕VTVLValtion työntekijäin ja viranhaltijain liitto. (2 1986 Espoo) · 1986
- 📕Automaation soveltaminen ja vaikutukset VTVL:n sopimusaloillaPasi Valtee, Valtion työntekijäin ja viranhaltijain liitto · 1986
- 📕VTVLValtion työntekijäin ja viranhaltijain liitto. Liittokokous · 1982
- 📕Os. 270 10 v.Valtion teknisten viran- ja toimenhaltijain liitto. Os. 270 · 1979
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