Development of Micro Satellite in Kyushu University
- Paper number
IAC-05-E2.P.02
- Author
Mr. Atushi Oishi, Kyushu University, Japan
- Coauthor
Prof. Toshiya Hanada, Kyushu University, Japan
- Coauthor
Dr. Yuji Sakamoto, Tohoku University, Japan
- Year
2005
- Abstract
This paper introduces two micro satellite projects being progressed in Kyushu. One is QTEX and the other is QTEX-PR. QTEX (Kyushu University Tether Satellite EXperiments) is a project to develop a tethered micro satellite, which was started by students of Space Systems Dynamics Laboratory in Kyushu University in 2002. QTEX is assumed to be launched as a piggyback satellite, and performs an extension of 2 km tether. Missions of QTEX are verification of our tether deploying technique, investigation of survivability of the tether against space debris, and demonstration of orbit transfer after the tether cutting. QTEX consists of two similar satellites in order to minimize efforts to develop them. QTEX-PR is a precursor project for QTEX, which has almost same design of the daughter satellite of QTEX and its mission is to verify our original bus system. QTEX-PR was started in 2003 and will be completed in 2005. We are developing engineering model now with assistance of QPS (Kyushu Piggyback Satellite) project, an organization of local small industries in Kyushu area. In this paper, we will present the developments of QTEX and QTEX-PR.
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