TY - GEN
T1 - Low-cost small satellite system for electro-dynamic tether demonstration mission
AU - Tsuruda, Yoshihiro
AU - Shoemaker, Michael A.
AU - Onishi, Shunsuke
AU - Yasaka, Tetsuo
AU - Hanada, Toshiya
AU - Van Der Ha, Jozef C.
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - The Electro-Dynamic Tether (EDT) system is being studied and developed in some agencies or universities as one of the active debris removal applications for debris mitigation. The EDT system can provides a useful de-orbiting function. However, on-orbit validation of the tether deployment system and the electron emitting device is required. In this context, Kyushu University has started the design of a small satellite for an EDT demonstration mission. This design is based on QSAT which is been developed in Kyushu University. QSAT is a low-cost 50-kg class small satellite system and established a general-purpose satellite based on the original unit concept and the distributed processing concept. Essentially, all of the subsystem components consist of COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) units. These key features allow the low-cost development and the on-orbit demonstration. This system satisfies the piggy-back conditions of the Japanese H-IIA launcher. In this paper, we introduce the system characteristics for the EDT demonstration mission and explain the benefits of overall system design.
AB - The Electro-Dynamic Tether (EDT) system is being studied and developed in some agencies or universities as one of the active debris removal applications for debris mitigation. The EDT system can provides a useful de-orbiting function. However, on-orbit validation of the tether deployment system and the electron emitting device is required. In this context, Kyushu University has started the design of a small satellite for an EDT demonstration mission. This design is based on QSAT which is been developed in Kyushu University. QSAT is a low-cost 50-kg class small satellite system and established a general-purpose satellite based on the original unit concept and the distributed processing concept. Essentially, all of the subsystem components consist of COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) units. These key features allow the low-cost development and the on-orbit demonstration. This system satisfies the piggy-back conditions of the Japanese H-IIA launcher. In this paper, we introduce the system characteristics for the EDT demonstration mission and explain the benefits of overall system design.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77953644147
SN - 9781615679089
T3 - 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009
SP - 3701
EP - 3710
BT - 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009
T2 - 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009
Y2 - 12 October 2009 through 16 October 2009
ER -