The large language model, "Huashan", specifically applied in the aerospace field, is launched at the 2024 China Satellite Application Conference held in Beijing from October 23 to 25. (PHOTO: XINHUA)

By GONG Qian

Chinese tech company Zhongke Tianta Technology Company launched a large language model, "Huashan", specifically applied in the aerospace field for the first time, at the 2024 China Satellite Application Conference held in Beijing from October 23 to 25.

The "Huashan" is built on a professional knowledge base for in-orbit satellite management, creating a spacecraft control platform that can complete in-orbit management of spacecraft and train for spacecraft management personnel.

It features multi-round natural language question and answer capability, real-time malfunction analysis and early warning, and database search and analysis. It is also capable of performing multi-modal retrieval and organization of knowledge about satellites, and generating work plan documents.

The AI model can assist humans with in-orbit management tasks including spacecraft intelligent control, orbit calculation and analysis, and command code generation, contributing to the stable operation of satellites in space.

At present, individual technicians are capable of managing a limited number of satellites, as highlighted by the company. With the rapid construction of satellite Internet, the number of satellites in orbit is experiencing explosive growth. Current manpower will be unable to meet the demand.

When conventional working methods fall short, it is only through groundbreaking technological advancements and the effective harnessing of artificial intelligence's strengths that we can address the dramatic scaling up of satellite management requirements.