Loosely coupled system of systems concept for the SpaceLiner real-time Human-in-the-Loop Space Flight Simulator

Abstract

DLR’s advanced concept for a suborbital, hypersonic, winged passenger transport vehicle called SpaceLiner, revolutionizing ultra-long-distance travel, has been chosen as a use case for the testing and evaluation of procedures and functionalities for an improved handling of space vehicle operation. To adapt the real-time Human-in-theLoop Space Flight Simulator to this use case, a SpaceLiner simulation model has been developed by geometry modeled flight dynamics for the commercial flight simulation software X-Plane. Establishing it as a needed, centralized core will generate specific constraints and limit flexibility, especially if large distributed simulation scenarios in the future are concerned. The paper presents a system of systems concept to replace the current X-Plane focused approach by a very loose coupling alternative.